Lucan
Lucan
TV ShowEnded

Lucan

HE LIVED AS A WILD CHILD AMONG THE WOLVES. BUT HE FACED HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE IN THE JUNGLE OF THE CITY!

6.0 / 10
1977
2 seasons
11 episodes
Drama

Lucan is a TV Drama which aired on ABC from 1977 to 1978, starring Kevin Brophy, John Randolph, and Don Gordon. A 20-year old man who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by wolves, Lucan is taken to a research institute and taught the ways of human society. He is befriended by a kind research doctor whom he bonded with during his journey to civilization. Lucan's continued freedom at the research center is put in peril once his doctor friend and mentor is hurt. Unable to insure Lucan's well being at the institute, his friend encourages him to strike out on his own in search of his identity. The short-lived TV series chronicled the encounters, challenges, and intrigues Lucan faced interacting with people using his new learned social graces and old Wolfen instincts. Lucan did have special Wolfen skills that were invoked when he was made very angry. When upset to the point of violence his eyes glowed amber. He also had heightened senses of smell and hearing. In a few episodes he was able to call on his old wolf family/pack for help. This series was based on a 1977 made-for-TV movie of the same name directed by David Greene.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Listen to the Heart Beat

    12-09-1977

    Lucan falls for a Russian gymnast whose life is in danger.

  • Ep 2

    2.The Search

    26-12-1977

    Lucan returns to his old countryside haunts and runs into trouble as the farmers hunt down the wolves he grew up with, and a local man with a guilty secret develops a grudge agains...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Lost Boy

    02-01-1978

    Lucan reads an article about a young man who found his family after being separated from them for years. He goes to talk to him but the young man gets nervous when Lucan asks him h...

  • Ep 4

    4.How Do You Run Forever?

    09-01-1978

    Lucan's skeptical of the couple claiming to be his parents but just as he's starting to be convinced, they're chased away by gunmen.

  • Ep 5

    5.One Punch Wolfson

    16-01-1978

    Lucan becomes a prizefighter to pay the bills for a private detective to find his parents. The private detective is just using Lucan stringing him along with false leads just to b...

  • Ep 6

    6.You Can't Have My Baby

    13-03-1978

    Lucan's search for his parents leads him to a custody battle between a young widow and her mother-in-law.

  • Ep 7

    7.The Pariah

    27-03-1978

    When Lucan rescues a boy from falling to his death, he unwittingly brings danger to the boy's family, key witnesses in a mob trial.

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