S1.E9

Dr. Wells Is Missing

Episode aired Mar 29, 1974
TV-PG
49m

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Richard Anderson in The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

Rudy Wells is kidnapped on a trip to his old study grounds. Luckily Steve Austin has some time off and follows Rudy unannounced to Innsbruck, Austria. The trail soon leads to the wealthy Tuc... Read allRudy Wells is kidnapped on a trip to his old study grounds. Luckily Steve Austin has some time off and follows Rudy unannounced to Innsbruck, Austria. The trail soon leads to the wealthy Tucelli family, who want to force Dr. Wells to give up the secret of constructing a bionic ma... Read allRudy Wells is kidnapped on a trip to his old study grounds. Luckily Steve Austin has some time off and follows Rudy unannounced to Innsbruck, Austria. The trail soon leads to the wealthy Tucelli family, who want to force Dr. Wells to give up the secret of constructing a bionic man.

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Trivia
First time Steve is shown jumping high into the air.

Goofs
After Steve gets off the pay phone at around 16:25 minutes in, when he jumps down off the balcony, you can tell it is an obvious stuntman.

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Col. Steve Austin: [answering a hotel phone in Austria] This is Dr. Wells.
Oscar Goldman: Rudy?
Dr. Rudy Wells: Yes.
Oscar Goldman: Oscar.
Dr. Rudy Wells: I just left you. Is there something wrong? Is Steve all right?
Oscar Goldman: No, Steve's fine. He's right here. Listen, I'm gonna put this call on the speaker.
Col. Steve Austin: Hey, Rudy, how's the Alps?
Dr. Rudy Wells: Beautiful. But you didn't call just to ask me how the Alps are. What's going on?
Col. Steve Austin: Well, Oscar's still a little uneasy about your trip.
Oscar Goldman: I've still got that feeling, Rudy. Gut instinct.
Dr. Rudy Wells: You're paranoid?
Oscar Goldman: Paranoid? If something should happen to Steve, what are we going to do without you?
Dr. Rudy Wells: After all these years, my alma mater decides to honor me with a doctorate and you try and turn it into a crisis.
Col. Steve Austin: He's jealous. All he ever gets from his alma mater is a bill for union dues.
Dr. Rudy Wells: Look, I'll be back in three days, so why don't you just relax, Oscar? Oh, and Steve?
Col. Steve Austin: Yeah?
Dr. Rudy Wells: A Dr. Lester's been briefed to replace the diode relay in the muscular flexors, unless you want to wait for me to get back.
Col. Steve Austin: No, it's working better today, Rudy. I'll wait.
Oscar Goldman: I'm still going to place a call to our office...
Dr. Rudy Wells: Why don't you stop worrying? You're worse than my mother.
Oscar Goldman: Okay. Okay!
Dr. Rudy Wells: I'll be back in the lab in three days. I'll talk to you then.
Oscar Goldman: Right.
[hangs up the phone]

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Edited into The Six Million Dollar Man: Run, Steve, Run (1974)

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6/10

Rescuing Rudy

Dr. Rudy Wells(Alan Oppenheimer) the brilliant scientist who created Steve Austin's(Lee Majors) bionics is on holiday in Innsbruck, Austria at his old study grounds when he is kidnapped by a crime family headed by Alfredo Tuccelli(played by John Van Dreelen) who want him to build them a new bionic man, though of course Wells refuses. Steve goes to Rudy's rescue, but is captured and identity discovered, forcing them both to come up with a quick plan to stop this insidious plot from being created. Acceptable if predictable episode at least gives the good doctor an expanded role after an absence, though I can't help but wonder how original Rudy Wells Martin Balsam would have fared!