Credited cast: | |||
Lee Majors | ... | Steve Austin | |
Barbara Anderson | ... | Jean Manners | |
Martin Balsam | ... | Dr. Rudy Wells | |
Darren McGavin | ... | Oliver Spencer | |
Charles Robinson | ... | Prisoner (as Charles Knox Robinson) | |
Ivor Barry | ... | Geraldton | |
Dorothy Green | ... | Mrs. McKay | |
Anne Whitfield | ... | Young Woman | |
George Wallace | ... | General | |
Robert Cornthwaite | ... | Dr. Ashburn | |
Olan Soule | ... | Saltillo (as Olan Soulé) | |
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Norma Storch | ... | OSI Committee Member |
Maurice Sherbanee | ... | Nudaylah | |
John Mark Robinson | ... | Aide | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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M.J. Kane |
Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (O.S.I.) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm, and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly advanced technology (bionics) built into them will make him faster, stronger, and better than normal. In return, they want him to become a covert Agent for the O.S.I. It will cost six million dollars to rebuild Colonel Steve Austin. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
First TV movie pilot that introduced Lee Majors as Steve Austin, a former astronaut who had walked on the moon, but now is test piloting an experimental aircraft that unfortunately crashes, badly injuring Steve near death, but with the skill of brilliant surgeon Dr. Rudy Wells(played by Martin Balsam) and funding by secretive government representative Oliver Spencer(played by Darren McGavin) rebuild Austin with bionic limbs and sight, increasing his strength and survivability immensely, making him an ideal government operative, if he can only emotionally adjust to his new condition... Good setup to the eventual series has a smart, thoughtful script and good direction by Richard Irving. Pity this realistic style wasn't continued though...