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The Spirit

1987·74 min

The Spirit

Directed by Michael Schultz

ActionTV Movie

A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.

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Spirit / Denny Colt

Ellen Dolan

Philip Baker Hall

Sevrin

Bumper Robinson

Eubie

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Steven E. de Souza

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Robert M. Sertner

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Original Music Composer

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Garry Walberg

Commissioner Dolan

Teasdale

P'Gell

Stevie

Officer King

Victim

Ernestine Mercer

Martha

Bruno

Hilde

Ricardo

Thug (uncredited)

Robert Pastorelli

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The Spirit (1987) is about a legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.

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Michael Schultz directed The Spirit (1987).

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