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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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

753

YOUR RATING

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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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Review

Featured review

Overstuffed episode

Had it been pared down to a single episode of the series, the Solid Gold Kidnapping would be passable, but as a full movie it leaves a lot to be desired. There is a large amount of obvious stock footage from many sources and a plot with no surprises or suspense.

On the plus side, guest star John Vernon makes a very good villain, the evil organization is interesting although a bit glossed over, and they do attempt to discuss the philosophical implications of bionics in a way that isn't quite as silly as you'd expect.

All in all, though, it's missable. If you're a big fan of the Six Million Dollar Man, you still might want to see it after you've seen the rest of the series and it's TV movies but don't set your expectations too high. This is just an average episode with enough extra filler to make it 90 minutes long.