The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

Name: The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
Genre: Sci-Fi
Released: 1973-11-17
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Alan Oppenheimer

TV Movie
1973
TV-PG
1h 13m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973)

Sci-Fi

A criminal organization, known as "O.S.O.", specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Colonel Steve Austin has already thwarted one of their kidnappings, he is un... Read allA criminal organization, known as "O.S.O.", specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Colonel Steve Austin has already thwarted one of their kidnappings, he is unable to stop them from grabbing William Henry Cameron right from under O.S.I.'s nose. O.S.... Read allA criminal organization, known as "O.S.O.", specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Colonel Steve Austin has already thwarted one of their kidnappings, he is unable to stop them from grabbing William Henry Cameron right from under O.S.I.'s nose. O.S.O. demands one billion dollars in gold, and Oscar Goldman takes the opportunity to try and... Read all

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6.7/10

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Trivia
After this third feature length pilot movie, Universal finally commissioned a regular TV series.

Goofs
At "London Airport", Oscar is shown using a phone booth that, for some reason, is located in the driving lane of a parking lot, blocking a parking stall.

Quotes
Dr. Rudy Wells: You know, Steve, at the risk of being immodest, these tapes show you're just about perfect.

Alternate versions
Re-edited into two episodes of "The Six Million Dollar Man" for syndication. To pad out the story, footage was re-edited, a new score by Oliver Nelson was inserted and scenes were added from The Seven Million Dollar Man (1974), Clark Templeton O'Flaherty (1975) and Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970).

Connections
Followed by The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

Soundtracks
Six Million Dollar Man
Words and Music by Glen A. Larson (as Glen Larson)
Sung by Dusty Springfield

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Featured review

6/10

no use of the typical bionic effects

The third flick about Steve Austin just before the series started. Where the second flick made use of the bionic sound here it is again left out. Even the slow motion parts when he uses his bionic powers are left out. For me this third flick moved way from the series. Also still no sign of the use of his bionic eye.

What annoyed me the most was the editing. It is clearly to see that this version available in the box of series volume 1 is re-edited but really worse. You can see their mouths move while they say nothing or you could easily see that sometimes voices where overdubbed. And the weird close-ups of Steve Austin and others are so strange. They doesn't offer anything, they even used some freezes of eyes to include while listening.

Still, the script itself is okay with again an James Bond look-a-like macho Austin with a bit of comedy. I was more into the second flick but this is also worth watching. Almost 40 years old and still standing were so many other series from way back in time failed to survive.

All characters are the same as in the second flick, even the actors are the same.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 1/5

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