Man from Atlantis

Man from Atlantis was a short-lived series, if following a successful television film that on 1 March 1977 was broadcast.

Patrick Duffy plays in this series Mark Harris, a survivor of the lost continent of Atlantis. Because Harris has superhuman powers, so he can breathe underwater and withstand extreme depth pressure, he attracts the attention of a secret organization that in a futuristic submarine (the Cetacean) examine the depths of the ocean and fight Harris against evil.

Mr. Schubert (Victor Buono) is a character in both the series as can be seen in the film. Dr. Elizabeth Merrill (Belinda Montgomery), the supporting actress — this role is clearly loosely inspired by the cartoon character Betty Dean from the comic book around 1940 Timely-Atlas — which often klaarspeelde to Prince Namor the submarine-marine to calm down when he finds himself evil made to the behavior of the people to the surface. The role of Dr. Elizabeth is the same as in the series in both the film and in either case, there are strong similarities as far as the romantic interest below the surface. There are persistent rumours that the Man from Atlantis actually a Namor series should be. Namor itself is a "man from Atlantis" (actually a King) in the Marvel-comic and artist Frank Robbins would have been involved in both characters in late 1970.

In the Netherlands the series is broadcast by TROS, of 15 June 1978 to 5 september 1980. Curiously enough is Man of Atlantis the first American television series in 1980was broadcast in the People's Republic of China . Brazil is also in the series aired under the title O Homem do Fundo do Mar (the man from the deep sea). It has a small culttriggered which often covered the science fictionfans in the years of 1970. The series has never been released on dvd .

The rapid cessation of the series Patrick Duffy gave the opportunity in the series to play Dallas , what he did for ten years. Belinda Montgomery also went for a longer time in a similar series plays, among other in Dallas.