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Lucan

"HE LIVED AS A WILD CHILD AMONG THE WOLVES. BUT HE FACED HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE IN THE JUNGLE OF THE CITY!"

Lucan is a TV Drama which aired on ABC from 1977 to 1978, starring Kevin Brophy, John Randolph, and Don Gordon. A 20-year old man who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by wolves, Lucan is taken to a research institute and taught the ways of human society. He is befriended by a kind research doctor whom he bonded with during his journey to civilization. Lucan's continued freedom at the research center is put in peril once his doctor friend and mentor is hurt. Unable to insure Lucan's well being at the institute, his friend encourages him to strike out on his own in search of his identity. The short-lived TV series chronicled the encounters, challenges, and intrigues Lucan faced interacting with people using his new learned social graces and old Wolfen instincts. Lucan did have special Wolfen skills that were invoked when he was made very angry. When upset to the point of violence his eyes glowed amber. He also had heightened senses of smell and hearing. In a few episodes he was able to call on his old wolf family/pack for help. This series was based on a 1977 made-for-TV movie of the same name directed by David Greene.

Genre: Drama

Actor: Ned Beatty, Stockard Channing, Kevin Brophy, John Randolph, Don Gordon

Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Duration: 1h 14m

Release: 1977

Rating: 6.0

1 "Listen to the Heart Beat"

1977-09-12

"Lucan falls for a Russian gymnast whose life is in danger."

2 "The Search"

1977-12-26

"Lucan returns to his old countryside haunts and runs into trouble as the farmers hunt down the wolves he grew up with, and a local man with a guilty secret develops a grudge against him."

3 "The Lost Boy"

1978-01-02

"Lucan reads an article about a young man who found his family after being separated from them for years. He goes to talk to him but the young man gets nervous when Lucan asks him how he found them."

4 "How Do You Run Forever?"

1978-01-09

"Lucan's skeptical of the couple claiming to be his parents but just as he's starting to be convinced, they're chased away by gunmen."

5 "One Punch Wolfson"

1978-01-16

"Lucan becomes a prizefighter to pay the bills for a private detective to find his parents. The private detective is just using Lucan stringing him along with false leads just to bilk him out of money. Fight promoters ask offer a cut of their expected illegal wager proceeds when they ask Lucan to throw a fight. If Lucan does not take a fall in the 10th round his doctor friend being held hostage will be killed by the folks in line to profit from the rigged fight. Lucan with help of a friend manages to turn the tables on the criminals get his doctor friend back and escape Police Detective Prentiss."

6 "You Can't Have My Baby"

1978-03-13

"Lucan's search for his parents leads him to a custody battle between a young widow and her mother-in-law."

7 "The Pariah"

1978-03-27

"When Lucan rescues a boy from falling to his death, he unwittingly brings danger to the boy's family, key witnesses in a mob trial."

1 "Nightmare"

1978-11-13

"A sick Lucan rambles about the crime he witnessed and is suspected of being the culprit, but the real danger is his guilty doctor."

2 "Brother Wolf"

1978-11-20

"Prior to the eruption of a forest fire, Lucan rescues a domesticated wolf on his way to a mountain rendezvous with his friend Dr. Hoagland."

3 "Creature from Beyond the Door"

1978-11-27

"An eccentric millionaire holds Lucan hostage to acquire Dr. Hoagland's newly developed antidote for hallucinogenic poisoning to cure his drug-addled son."

4 "Thunder God Gold"

1978-12-04

"A government agent plots to use Lucan's superb tracking instincts to locate a hidden gold mine."