Movie
The Six Million Dollar Man
Overview
Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) 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 more resilient than normal. In return they want him to become a covert agent for the OSI. It will cost $6,000,000 to rebuild Steve Austin.
Details
- Release date
- 1973-03-07
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Adventure, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Television
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lee Majors as Steve Austin
- Barbara Anderson as Jean Manners
- Martin Balsam as Dr. Rudy Wells
- Darren McGavin as Oliver Spencer
- Charles Robinson as Prisoner
- Ivor Barry as Geraldton
- Dorothy Green as Mrs. McKay
- Anne Whitfield as Young Woman
- George D. Wallace as General
- Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Ashburn
- Olan Soule as Saltillo
- Norma Storch as OSI Committee Member
Crew
- Richard Irving - Director
- Terrence McDonnell - Writer
- Tom Greene - Writer
- Melvin Levy - Writer
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