Pumaman

Pumaman (1980)

L'uomo puma

An ancient gold mask with the power to control minds...

Thousands of years ago, aliens visited Earth and fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural powers entrusted by a gold mask with the ability to control people's minds, which in present-day London, falls into the wrong hands.

Date of release
1980-02-14
TMDB
2.9 / 10 (81)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Science Fiction, Action
Director
Alberto De Martino

Casting

Interesting facts

The Pumaman is a 1980 Italian superhero film co-written and directed by Alberto De Martino, starring Walter George Alton as the title character and Donald Pleasence as the villain. It was featured in a 1998 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Production

In the late 1970s, in the wake of such blockbuster films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Wars and Superman, Italian filmmakers began injecting science fiction themes into their films. Director Alberto De Martino stated that The Pumaman "was a production based on the trend of the moment. I had always done it that way and always done well.

De Martino was also unhappy with the script and attempted to add humour as an effort to save the film.

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