Gene Roddenberry’s pilot about investigators of the occult or supernatural

A criminologist and occult expert hooks-up with a cynical doctor (Robert Culp and Gig Young) to investigate the mogul brother of a lady friend in England, who is rumored to be involved in the black arts and possibly with the demon Asmodeus. Ann Bell plays the woman, James Villiers the mogul and John Hurt their brother. Majel Barrett has a bit part.

“Spectre” (1977) was made as a possible pilot for a TV series, written & produced by the creator of Star Trek. But don’t expect sci-fi, as this comes in the tradi... read the rest.