S1.E5

Little Orphan Airplane

Episode aired Feb 22, 1974
TV-PG
48m

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Ross Elliott in The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

Col. Steve Austin is dispatched to Africa to find and rescue U.S. pilot Josh Perkins who recently made a crash landing there and carries a valuable roll of film.Col. Steve Austin is dispatched to Africa to find and rescue U.S. pilot Josh Perkins who recently made a crash landing there and carries a valuable roll of film.Col. Steve Austin is dispatched to Africa to find and rescue U.S. pilot Josh Perkins who recently made a crash landing there and carries a valuable roll of film.

Director
- Reza Badiyi
Writers
- Elroy Schwartz
- Martin Caidin
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6.9/10

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Director
- Reza Badiyi
Writers
- Elroy Schwartz
- Martin Caidin
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Lee Majors

Col. Steve Austin

Richard Anderson

Oscar Goldman

Scoey Mitchell

Major Chooka
(as Scoey Mitchlll)

Marge Redmond

Sister Annett

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Captain Braco

Greg Morris

Josh Perkins

Stack Pierce

Bajad

Tierre Turner

Jajamin

David Turner

Farmer
(as Dave Turner)

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Soldier

Arnold F. Turner

Sergeant
(as Arnold Turner)

Don Mantooth

1st Radio Operator
(as Donald Mantooth)

Reb Brown

2nd Radio Operator

Susan Powell

Sister Terese
(as Susan Gay Powell)

Ross Elliott

Military officer
(uncredited)

Dale Robertson

Dale Robertson
(uncredited)

Director
- Reza Badiyi
Writers
- Elroy Schwartz
- Martin Caidin
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Trivia
At around 26:44 Steve says "Well, all we have to fear, is fear itself" He is quoting FDR's First Inaugural Address in 1932.

Goofs
In the opening credits, Scoey Mitchell is misspelled as "MITCHLLL".

Quotes
Josh Perkins: Eh, Steve, about those improvements?
[meaning Steve's bionic replacements]
Col. Steve Austin: What about them?
Josh Perkins: Do they come in black?

Connections
References Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)

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4/10

African Assignment

Steve Austin(Lee Majors) is assigned to find a downed pilot(played by Gregg Morris) who was flying over a no-flying zone in Africa to take top secret pictures. The pilot survives, and is taken care of by two nuns that Austin must also help after he repairs the plane and gets them all out of Africa before hostile forces kill them, and retrieve the wanted roll of film. Mundane episode where little of interest happens, and makes poor use of the show's premise, and Steve in particular. Not bad really, but the least the series had to offer this early on in its run. Lee Majors does the best he can to carry the episode to conclusion.