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The Spirit

  • TV Movie
  • 1987
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
369
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Nana Visitor and Sam J. Jones in The Spirit (1987)
SuperheroAction

A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.

  • Director
    • Michael Schultz
  • Writers
    • Will Eisner
    • Steven E. de Souza
  • Stars
    • Sam J. Jones
    • Nana Visitor
    • Bumper Robinson
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    369
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Schultz
    • Writers
      • Will Eisner
      • Steven E. de Souza
    • Stars
      • Sam J. Jones
      • Nana Visitor
      • Bumper Robinson
    • 9User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Top Cast20

    Sam J. Jones
    Sam J. Jones
    • Spirit
    • (as Sam Jones)
    • …
    Nana Visitor
    Nana Visitor
    • Ellen Dolan
    Bumper Robinson
    Bumper Robinson
    • Eubie
    Garry Walberg
    Garry Walberg
    • Commissioner Dolan
    Les Lannom
    Les Lannom
    • Officer King
    Laura Robinson
    • P'Gell Roxton
    • (as McKinlay Robinson)
    Daniel Davis
    Daniel Davis
    • Simon Teasdale
    Philip Baker Hall
    Philip Baker Hall
    • Sevrin
    John Allen
    • Bruno
    Sarah Dammann Thomas
    • Hilde
    • (as Sarah Dammann)
    Janet Rotblatt
    Janet Rotblatt
    • Victim
    Ernestine Mercer
    • Martha
    Annibal Llende
    • Ricardo
    Ed Cambridge
    Ed Cambridge
      Nick Dimitri
      Nick Dimitri
      • Thug
      • (uncredited)
      Bobby Jacoby
      Bobby Jacoby
        Bill Marcus
          Joe Newnow
            • Director
              • Michael Schultz
            • Writers
              • Will Eisner
              • Steven E. de Souza
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            • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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            Superhero
            Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)
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            • Trivia
              The villain plans to use a fake ambulance to make her escape, which is the same idea that Hans Gruber has in Die Hard (1988). Steven E. de Souza was the screenwriter of The Spirit and a co-writer of Die Hard. When they couldn't figure out how Gruber and the robbers were going to escape, de Souza mentioned this TV movie, which was made just one year prior.
            • Goofs
              When Ellen climbs the fire escape she is wearing flats. Inside the factory she's in heels.
            • Quotes
              • Ellen Dolan: Do I look like the kind of girl who goes around undressing men?
            • Connections
              Featured in The Movies That Made Us: Die Hard (2019)

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            Details

            • Release date
              • July 31, 1987 (United States)
            • Country of origin
              • United States
            • Language
              • English
            • Also known as
              • Duh
            • Filming locations
              • Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - 900 Exposition Boulevard, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA(Roxton Museum)
            • Production companies
              • De Souza Productions
              • Von Zerneck-Samuels Productions
              • Warner Bros. Television
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            Tech specs

            • Runtime
              • 1h 14m(74 min)
            • Color
              • Color
            • Sound mix
              • Stereo
            • Aspect ratio
              • 1.33 : 1

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