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| 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) | |
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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 | ... | Woman |
| Maurice Sherbanee | ... | Nudaylah | |
| John Mark Robinson | ... | Aide | |
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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>
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7 March 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Moon and the Desert See more »Company Credits
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Steve Austin: My arm didn't come packed in a wooden box!
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The opening pilot episode was the only one to feature Darren McGavin and Martin Balsam. See more »Goofs
When Steve first regains consciousness after the accident, a POV shot shows his view of Rudy Wells moving in and out of focus. But human vision focuses by adjusting the angle of each eye toward an object, rather than changing the distance between the lens and the retina, in the fashion of a camera. So, with only one eye, Steve wouldn't be able to adjust focus. See more »Quotes
Dr. Rudy Wells: We've given you an eye for an eye, haven't we? An arm for an arm?Steve Austin: My arm didn't come packed in a wooden box!
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Re-edited into two episodes of "The Six Million Dollar Man" for syndication. To pad out the story, scenes were added from The Six Million Dollar Man: The Bionic Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man: The Bionic Boy and The Six Million Dollar Man: Dark Side of the Moon: Part 1. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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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...