A super idea didn't quite pan out in this musical fantasy spoof.
When the Pentagon's Hypno-Ray is stolen, the President of the United States (Michael Pate) decides to summon a superhero, Captain Invincible (Alan Arkin). Though a straight-arrow icon during WWII, Invincible ran afoul of a McCarthyite commission in the 1950s and was blacklisted for wearing a red
cape and flying without a license. Now he's an ageless but senseless drunk wandering Australia. Scientists try to rehabilitate the super-souse with various therapies, as Captain Invincible's perennial nemesis, Mr. Midnight (Christopher Lee), eavesdrops. Midnight is, of course, the master villain
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Released:
1983
Rated:
PG
Length:
90 mins