Remo Williams: The Prophecy
Remo Williams: The Prophecy is an American action-adventure television pilot from 1988. It is based on The Destroyer pulp paperback series by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir, and is a spin-off to the 1985 movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins and incorporates footage from the movie in the opening credits. It stars Jeffrey Meek as Remo Williams, and Roddy McDowall as Chiun.[1] It is loosely based on the 1983 novella "The Day Remo Died".[2] It was directed by Christian I. Nyby II and the teleplay written by Steven Hensley and J. Miyoko Hensley.
| Remo Williams: The Prophecy | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Screenplay by | Steven Hensley and J. Miyoko Hensley (based on The Destroyer by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir) |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Craig Safan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Michael D. Margulies |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production company | Orion Television Entertainment |
Plot
Set one year after the events of the feature film, Chiun feels that Remo is becoming complacent because of his abilities, so he hires a professional hit-man to teach Remo a lesson. What Chiun doesn't know is that the hit-man wants to replace Remo as Chiun's student and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.
Cast
- Jeffrey Meek as Remo Williams
- Roddy McDowall as Chiun
- Stephen Elliott as Harold W. Smith
- Carmen Argenziano as Tony
- Judy Landers as Taffy
- Andy Romano as Derek Boland
Production
Music
Craig Safan, who scored the movie, returned to provide the music for the pilot; his score was later released by Intrada Records (paired with Safan's score for the TV movie Mission Of The Shark: The Saga Of The U.S.S. Indianapolis).
Broadcast
The television pilot had not been seen since 1988 until the Encore cable television channel began airing it in the summer of 2009.