3 Dev Adam

3 Dev Adam
3 Dev Adam
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	T. Fikret Uçak
Written by	Doğan Tamer
Based on	Captain America; by Jack Kirby; Joe Simon; ; Spider-Man; by Stan Lee; Steve Ditko; ; El Santo; by Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta;
Produced by	Hasan Tual
Starring	Aytekin Akkaya; Deniz Erkanat; Yavuz Selekman; Tevfik Şen; Doğan Tamer; Mine Sun;
Cinematography	Orhan Kapkı
Edited by	Hüsamettin Üren
Production; companies	Tual Film; Arsel;
Distributed by	RENKLİ
Release date	November 1, 1973;
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish

3 Dev Adam (Üç Dev Adam; translated as 3 Giant Men and sometimes referred to as Captain America And Santo Vs. Spider-Man, but the movie is mostly referred to as Turkish Spider-Man) is a 1973 Turkish superhero film directed by T. Fikret Uçak and written by Doğan Tamer, based on characters created by Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Joe Simon and Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, featuring Aytekin Akkaya as Captain America and Yavuz Selekman as El Santo. Captain America and El Santo are called to Istanbul on a special mission to stop the villainous Spider-Man and the rest of his vicious heinous criminal gang.

The Turksploitation film, which went on nationwide general release across the country on November 1, 1973 (1973-11-01), was completely unauthorized by the copyright owners of the characters depicted. The film was popular and thus spawned other rip-offs of many other similar major Hollywood productions.^[1]^{[citation needed]}

Plot

The story unfolds in Istanbul with a violent criminal organization led by Spider-Man, a former professional wrestler turned supervillain, lashing out in the city by flooding it with counterfeit money. In a horrifying act, members of Spider-Man's organization mutilate a woman's face by using a boat propeller. In response to the crisis, a small task force, comprising Captain America, El Santo, and Captain America's girlfriend and sidekick Julia, come forth to assist the local police in apprehending Spider-Man and the rest of his dastardly outfit of criminal outlaws.

Julia, who successfully infiltrates Spider-Man's hideout, gets captured and transported to a remote location. Despite the perilous situation, she manages to send an SOS signal to Captain America. Captain America rescues Julia, but Spider-Man eludes capture. Simultaneously, Mexico's national professional wrestler and superhero, El Santo, infiltrates the counterfeit operation that doubles as a dojo. After being captured briefly, Santo escapes with some very important incriminating evidence.

Captain America and El Santo embark on a mission to raid a hideout central to the counterfeiting operation, successfully shutting it down. However, Spider-Man seizes the opportunity to commit further crimes, including killing a couple, stealing a statue and fleeing the scene. Subsequently, another confrontation between the heroes and Spider-Man unfolds, revealing the ability of Spider-Man to spawn duplicates of himself spontaneously.

In an attempt to apprehend Spider-Man, Captain America and Santo go undercover in a nightclub, leading to a fierce confrontation with Spider-Man's gang. Overwhelmed, the heroes are captured and taken to Spider-Man's hideout. Captain America and Santo feign infighting, confusing their captors and enabling their escape. They eliminate most of the gang members, but Spider-Man arrives with his girlfriend.

During the ensuing chaos, Spider-Man's girlfriend is struck by a stray shot from one of his gang members. Spider-Man flees with Captain America in direct pursuit. After a grueling battle, Captain America seemingly defeats Spider-Man, but only to be confronted by yet another Spider-Man. The fight intensifies until each Spider-Man is ultimately defeated.

As the protagonists prepare to depart Istanbul, Captain America, driven by suspicion, notices a figure resembling Spider-Man sitting in the back of a taxi. Reacting impulsively, he runs to the taxi, then reaches inside, pulls the person's head through the window and unmasks him. But only to his dismay, he surprisingly discovers that it's just a very young boy wearing a Spider-Man professional wrestling mask.

Cast

Yavuz Selekman as El Santo. The primary difference between this version of El Santo and the original Santo is that the character in the film wears his mask only during certain situations as opposed to the original never blatantly being seen out in the open with his true identity revealed when he didn't wear his mask. He is referred to mostly as Santo during most of the film and is only referred to just once as El Santo. He speaks only Turkish during the film. This version of El Santo is depicted in the film as him being a superhero and also as him being a professional wrestler. His signature costume that he wears during the film resembles mostly his original traditional professional wrestling attire that he was very well known for wearing during professional wrestling matches since he became known as El Santo. Santo was very famous during the 1940's, the 1950s, the 1960s, and the 1970s; and he was very well known in Turkey.
Aytekin Akkaya as Captain America. He doesn't have his shield and his mask lacks the wings by his ears, but his entire signature costume is bulletproof. He is shown with only one superpower during the film, which is being telepathic, but he only uses this ability just once. He speaks a little bit of Spanish and Mandarin during the film, but mostly he speaks Turkish. He is referred to only as Captain America during the film. He is called Yüzbaşı Amerika in Turkish during the film, which means Captain America in English. This version of Captain America is depicted in the film as him being a superhero and also as him being a professional wrestler. His signature costume that he wears during the film resembles mostly his original traditional professional wrestling attire that he is very well known for wearing during professional wrestling matches since he became known as Captain America.
Tevfik Şen as Spider-Man. He is depicted in the film as him being a supervillain with none of his abilities from the comics aside from him climbing buildings and having fighting skills. He paints part of his face white and he has strands of hair sticking out of the eye holes in his mask that resemble long eyebrows. He has only two superpowers during the film. One of his only superpowers during the film is the ability to come back unharmed from death and other dismay multiple times and as well as spontaneous body duplicating in what is all that is perceived as him making clones of himself. His only other superpower during the film is to make himself look like other adult males even if they are even bigger than him in what is very similar to the way that is done by the masked vigilante known as Kilink. He speaks a little bit of Spanish and English during the film, but mostly he speaks Turkish. He is referred to mostly as Spider during the film and is only referred to just twice as Spider-Man. He is called Örümce and Örümcek in Turkish during the film, which both mean Spider in English; and he is also called Örümce-Adam and Örümcek-Adam in Turkish during the film, which both mean Spider-Man in English. This version of Spider-Man is also depicted in the film as him formerly being a professional wrestler. His signature costume that he wears during the film resembles very little of his original traditional professional wrestling attire that he is very well known for wearing during professional wrestling matches since he became known as Spider-Man.
Doğan Tamer as Inspector Orhan.
Deniz Erkanat as Julia, Captain America's girlfriend and superhero sidekick. She speaks a little bit of English during the film, but mostly she speaks Turkish.
Mine Sun as Nadya, Spider-Man's girlfriend and supervillain sidekick.
Altan Günbay as Nightclub Manager.
Ersun Kazançel as Bartender.
Osman Han as Bouncer.
İhsan Baysal as Bouncer.
Ali Ekdal as Bouncer.
Nilgün Ceylan as Dancing Stripper.
Mehmet Yağmur as Bekir, one of Spider-Man's gang members.

Other information

Inspector Jacques Clouseau and Fargo North, Decoder show up towards the beginning of the film and are killed by Spider-Man, who mistook them both as being henchmen of the mafia. J. Arthur Crank shows up during the film when Captain America chases Spider-Man outdoors while he's drunkenly sitting down on the ground drinking wine and eating an apple as they're passing him by. King Friday XIII, Rumpelstiltskin and Policeman Bobby show up during the film as voyeur puppets in a bedroom where there's intercourse going on between Spider-Man and Nadya. Doctor Maldor The Scarab shows up during the film as the manager of a dojo and he also goes by the name Bilal. Gabriel Weston Kaplan shows up during the film as a comedic sex pervert and he gets his face slapped by Captain America. Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr. shows up during the film fighting El Santo after El Santo saw him sitting down to keep watch from the seashore of a bay. Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam is another Turksploitation film that uses unauthorized footage that is mostly notably from the Star Wars franchise and also stars Aytekin Akkaya as well.

References

^ "Fantastik Türk Sineması - 3 Dev Adam (1973 Three Giant Men)". February 1, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-02-01.

External links

[1] "Fantastik Türk Sineması - 3 Dev Adam (1973 Three Giant Men)". February 1, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-02-01.

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