This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.
Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novella about a scientist who can transform himself into a grotesque figure of evil is here adapted to television in CBS's live CLIMAX! series. The screenplay was written by the famous man of letters Gore Vidal.
A legion of superheroes, the likes of which mankind had never seen, must band together under the leadership of Allan Quatermain to save the world from "The Fantom" who is threatening to launch a global Armageddon.