The Six Million Dollar Man

• Director: Richard Irving
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• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: Sci-Fi Action
• Themes: Robots and Androids
• Main Cast: Martin Balsam, Darren McGavin
• Release Year: 1972
• Country: US
• Run Time: 73 minutes

Plot

This TV movie was the pilot for the popular series The Six Million Dollar Man. In this maiden effort, we are told just how astronaut Steve Austin became a bionic man. Surviving a near-fatal crash, the mutilated Austin is given artificial limbs (plus one faux eye) and reassembled into a part-human, part-electronic entity, endowed with superstrength and the ability to run faster than anyone--a feat which is always depicted in slow motion. Put to work by the Office of Strategic Information, Col. Austin answers to his immediate superior Darren McGavin (replaced by Richard Anderson in the series proper). Martin Balsam plays the doctor responsible for Austin's superhuman status (Balsam's character was played on the series by Martin Brooks) Filmed in part at Edwards Air Force Base, The Six Million Dollar Man was first telecast on March 7, 1973, where it performed admirably opposite a Bob Hope special; the series itself began on a monthly basis in October of 1973, then became a weekly in January of 1974. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Richard Anderson; Martin Balsam - Dr. Rudy Wells; Ivor Barry - Geraldton; Lee Majors - Colonel Steve Austin; Alan Oppenheimer - Dr. Rudy Wells; Barbara Anderson; Darren McGavin - Oliver Spencer

Credit

Ray Beal - Art Director, Richard Irving - Director, Buddy Small - Editor, Richard M. Sprague - Editor, Gil Melle - Composer (Music Score), Emil Oster - Cinematographer, Richard Irving - Producer, Henri Simoun - Teleplay By, Martin Caidin - Book Author

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