The Clone Master (1978 TV Movie) User Reviews (3)

Clone

[BandSAboutMovies · 5/10 · 30 December 2021]

A six-year-old Sam watched The Clone Master and wished it'd been a TV series, as he already knew what a backdoor pilot was at that young age and maybe he was a chubby kid with Coke bottle glasses, but he grew into, well, a chubby adult with Coke bottle glasses and a movie addiction.

Art Hindle (Black Christmas) is Dr. Simon Shane, a biochemist who has cloned himself multiple times and sent his selves out into the world to have adventures. So you can totally see how this was destined to be more than just a one and done.

Writer John D. F. Black scripted Shaft, Trouble Man, the TV movie Thief and the Wonder Woman TV movie. And director Don Medford's directing credits stretch from a 1951 episode of Tales of Tomorrow all the way to a 1989 True Blue series installment.

The kids of today will never know the joy - and potential frustration - of a pilot being burned off as a summer TV movie. Sure, you get to see something new, but you'll never see the entire series it sets up.

A scientist clones himself and the end result is nothing like he expected.

[airtight-3 · 10/10 · 3 September 2006]

If you like good old fashion science fiction, then this is a great movie!! I saw it on television years ago and have never seen it anywhere since. It is great viewing for the whole family; what I would call a great Saturday afternoon movie. The ending is really great, as it adds a twist that you'd never expect and gives the audience a great deal to ponder, especially with all of the talk that's going on about cloning. The problem is, I can't seem to find this movie anywhere. I'd love to get my hands on a copy. Does anyone out there, by chance have a copy of it or know where I might find one? DVD is preferred, but VHS is okay too.

Clone Art Hindle!

[JasonDanielBaker · 12 January 2012]

Scientist Simon Shane (Hindle) is working on a project which will create human clones of himself. Years of failed experiments with his mentor (Bellamy) at his side have yielded breakthroughs but not a successful final product though one is set to be unleashed within days.

With his mentor kidnapped and a mysterious new party having presented itself with designs on the project which are suspicious at best, Simon accelerates the project and clones himself a dozen times maintaining a telepathic link with each of his fully grown "children" each of whom is an exact replica of him with all of his memories and capabilities.

This pilot TV movie would have made for an interesting TV series if it had been picked up by NBC.

Hindle, a guy in possession of a more noticeable Canadian accent than I have (Than most Canadians have) does nothing to try to lesson the Canadian inflections and rhythm in his vocal cadences to try to sound American or even just less Canadian. I guess it was thought that Americans either wouldn't notice or would just think that the character was from Alaska.

I am all for cloning Canadian actors such as Art Hindle. We can send one version to California to make American movies and keep one in Canada to do films here.