An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero only to find that it is more difficult and dangerous than he ever imagined.

• DirectorMartin Davidson
• Release8 February 1980
• Genre
  Action / Comedy
• Duration1h 38m
• Budget?
• Revenue$15,934,737
• Rate
  

  6.024
  42 reviews
• Productions

  Kings Road Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer