Bill Bixby, Don MacKay, John Novak

David Banner drifts into New York and goes on a subway. Two guys attack a woman, and David tries to help but can't until he turns into The Hulk and saves the woman. When he turns back, he finds himsel...( read more  read more... )f arrested and the woman accuses David of being her attacker. David is approached by Attorney Matt Murdock who wants to represent him. When David tells Murdock that he can't pay him, Murdock tells him that he is hoping David can help incriminate Wilson Fisk, a powerful criminal. At first David resists, but Murdock eventually wins his trust. Murdock goes to see the woman but can't get her to change her story. Later in her room someone tries to kill her but she is saved by Daredevil, a crime fighter. Murdock tells David that they have to go to trial because they have no choice. Later while David is in his cell he turns into the Hulk and escapes. David tries to leave town, but Daredevil finds him and reveals himself to be Murdock.

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Directed by: Bill Bixby

Release Date: May 7, 1989

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DVD Release Date: May 6, 2003

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  • June 15, 2008
    Great made for TV movie. If you like the show and respect the fact this was 1989 then the nostalgia factor is all you need. Rex Smith makes a brilliant Murdoch and Daredevil even if his costume is a tad naff. Unfortunately it does focus attention away from the main man. Bixby is ...( read more)wonderful as ever though the film has a crash landing by having no Hulk-Out scene at the end. These TV movies were mainly developed to encourage spin-off shows for other characters. On that note it failed but as entertaining classic television it's a damn success.
  • January 8, 2008
    Hulk Smash...
  • May 17, 2009
    Ah yes, this is where Daredevil came on the scene...I liked the TV series and this one didn't disappoint
  • January 23, 2009
    As bad as the Hulk T.V show and T.V movies were they were still one of my favorites as a kid. Bill Bixby is great as Banner. This film has a good cast but the Daredevil and Kingpin characters could have been better.
  • November 4, 2008
    One of this Incredible Hulk TV movies is average, but I'm such a fan of the Marvel characters as well as the big green hero terrified me when I was a kid on the TV series. And it was quite good to catch the first live-action look at Daredevil (in the black costume - didn't...( read more) make sense to me) and his interactions with David Banner.
    Bill Bixby gives a decent performance as the down-trodden, world-weary David Banner, a man persecuted for his alter-ego yet still determined to do the right thing. Rex Smith also delivers in his role as Matt Murdock, giving those not familiar with the character a glimpse of what he could do, and John Rhys Davies excels as always as the Kingpin.
  • November 3, 2008
    Attorney Matt Murdock (Rex Smith) is blind justice to become Daredevil. Daredevil finds Bruce Banner (Bill Bixby) reveals himself is Matt Murdock. He found out Bruce is actually Hulk (Lou Ferrigno).
  • July 10, 2008
    scientific sense film deals abt concept called GENETICS
  • June 16, 2008
    Omgee I remember the Trial of the Incredible Hulk. My Uncle use to be a huge Lou Ferrigno Fan. I was about 10 years old when I first watched this Movie with him. Great Movie.
    Unfortunately I have seen only two Part of the Hulk Series with Lou Ferrigno.
  • May 20, 2008
    the best of the 3 tv movies.i think the guy that played dare devil in this did a better job then ben afflack did in his movie.
  • April 29, 2008
    Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno return in the 2nd of three extended episodes of the Incredible Hulk TV series.

    Watch for the first on screen appearence of Daredevil played by Rex Smith of Streethawk fame.

    Also features a cameo by Hulk's creator, Stan Lee.

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  • itbegins2005
    March 13, 2008
    An absolutely pathetic attempt at bringing Daredevil to the TV screen- did they really think a black unitard would look good as a crime-fighting outfit? Still, a much more fun movie than the Return (featuring the booze-hound party-dude Thor), featuring a fantastic Hulk-out dream sequence in a courtroom and John Rhys-Davies (of Lord of the Rings and Raiders of the Lost Arc fame) as the Kingpin (dressed in a black suit... which is funny, 'cause Michael Clarke Duncan got a white suit. I guess contrast makes for good villains).

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