The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

TV Movie
1973
TV-PG
1h 13m

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The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)

After a failed mission, Steve Austin goes on vacation and gets a second chance to stop an arms dealer.After a failed mission, Steve Austin goes on vacation and gets a second chance to stop an arms dealer.After a failed mission, Steve Austin goes on vacation and gets a second chance to stop an arms dealer.

Director
- Russ Mayberry
Writers
- Martin Caidin
- Glen A. Larson
Stars

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6.8/10

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Director
- Russ Mayberry
Writers
- Martin Caidin
- Glen A. Larson
Stars

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Trivia
Some changes to the show's premise were made between "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1973) movie and the sequel. In the first film, Austin is described in dialogue as being a civilian, but in this film this is changed to him being an Air Force Colonel (and dialogue confirms this version of the character was a Colonel at the time he walked on the moon). Oliver Spencer (Darren McGavin) was replaced by Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) (a character from the original Cyborg novels) and a new actor plays Dr. Rudy Wells. In addition, the organization, for which Colonel Austin works, is now the OSI, not the OSO.

Goofs
The scenes of Steve's examination and repairs are obviously just re-used footage of Steve's original bionic surgery; he didn't need his eye bandaged again or the tube in his nose because those parts weren't damaged during his escape from the villain's boat.

Quotes
Cynthia Holland: [Steve is winning at a casino] Oh, is there anything you aren't good at?
Col. Steve Austin: Well, I've never had much success at milking reindeer.

Alternate versions
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 (1973), The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973), The Seven Million Dollar Man (1974), Return of the Robot Maker (1975), The Return of the Bionic Woman (1975) and Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970).

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

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

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A Tv movie that was more than Bond meets Superman.

Wine,Women & War was a departure from Martin Caidins novel Cyborg that the series was based on. It was a joy to watch when I was a boy of fourteen & had the feel of a bond film which included bondish music written by Glen Larson, who also wrote the TV movie.

It was two hours of escapist fun which was not as gritty as Martin Caidins novel Cyborg, but did make you think it would be possible for a former astronaut who had walked on the moon could be a natural as a super powered operative for a government agency like the OSI (CIA like agecy) & even though it had some technical weakness it was a great movie in my humble opinion.