(imdb)THE POWER WITHIN-1979-Unreleased TV movie about stunt pilot Chris Darrow (Art Hindle), obnoxious and conceited, who is struck by lightning and gets some special powers. He can shoot electricity from His fingers. He goes to his estranged father, Gen. Darrow (Edward Binns) for help. After dad reveals the secret, Chris was born soon after his mom was exposed to nuclear radiation, they go to Dr. Miller (Susan Howard), who runs some tests. Harrows’ assistant Capt. Holman (Richard Sargent) is in league with some spies (David Hedison & Eric Braeden) to steal a suspended animation device NASA plans on testing. Chris can shoot energy bursts that are controlled by a watch he wears.
This early attempt at a superhero scenario is ok for a TV production having been directed by busy John Llewellyn Moxey (THE NIGHT STALKER (1972). A story goes that this Universal TV movie had originally been planned as a big screen version of Marvel Comics' “The Human Torch” but SFX proved too costly.
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