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RETURN OF THE SIX MILLION 
DOLLAR MAN AND THE BIONIC WOMAN


Filmed.....................FEBRUARY-MARCH 1987
Aired.............................MAY 17, 1987
Network....................................NBC
Running Time........................96 minutes

Jaime Sommers...................LINDSAY WAGNER
Col. Steve Austin...................LEE MAJORS
Oscar Goldman.................RICHARD ANDERSON
Dr. Rudy Wells................MARTIN E. BROOKS
Michael Austin....................TOM SCHANLEY
Jim Castillian...................LEE MAJORS II
Lyle Stenning....................MARTIN LANDAU
Jon Praiser......................GARY LOCKWOOD
Tom Brubaker.......................WIL BLEDSOE
Captain Jerry Dryfess............GARY BLUMSACK
General.......................WILLIAM CAMPBELL
Kyle.............................ROBERT F. HOY
Santiago...........................TERRY KISER
Carol..........................CHERYL McMANNIS
Duke Rennecker...............PATRICK PANKHURST
Martin.............................BOB SEAGREN
Reardon...........................DANIL TORPPE
Trisha Sullivan..................SUSAN WOOLLEN
Nick...............................SCOTT KRAFT
Dr. Shepherd....................BRYAN CRANSTON
Jim Matlon.......................KEITH FARRELL
Christopher.......................PHIL NORDELL
Blonde Girl......................PAMELA BRYANT
Receptionist................CATHERINE McGOOHAN
Sally............................DEBORAH WHITE
Megan...........................KAWENA CHARLOT
Waiter............................SANDEY GRINN
Jensen.........................LEONARD KIBRICK
Holly..........................MICHELE MINAILO
Hostess........................JULIE H. MORGAN

Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers are reunited after ten years of living separate lives. Jaime's memory is fully restored, and she tries to reconcile her feelings for Steve. Steve also tries to build a relationship with his 23-year-old estranged son Michael, who is now an Air Force pilot. Michael is critically injured in a tragic jet crash, and Dr. Rudy Wells rebuilds him with state-of-the-art bionic replacements. The radical group Fortress captures Rudy and Michael with plans to build their own bionic army to take over the United States. Now it's up to Jaime and Steve to stop them.



Left to Right 
1. Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner 
2. Lindsay Wagner, Tom Schanley 
3. Lindsay Wagner, Lee Majors



Former Title................THE BIONIC REUNION
Based on the Novel CYBORG by.....MARTIN CAIDIN
Story by.........................MICHAEL SLOAN
................................BRUCE LANSBURY
Teleplay by......................MICHAEL SLOAN
Directed by.........................RAY AUSTIN
Executive Producer...............MICHAEL SLOAN
Produced by...................BERNADETTE JOYCE
Supervising Producer............BRUCE LANSBURY
Director of Photography.......................
..................WILLIAM K. JURGENSEN, A.S.C.
Music by.......................MARVIN HAMLISCH
Art Director.......................GARY A. LEE
Edited by..............BUFORD F. HAYES, A.C.E.
....................................VIC LACKEY
Unit Production Manager........EDWARD K. DODDS
First Assistant Director.......TOM CONNERS III
Second Assistant Director.........JAMES TURLEY
Casting by..............RON STEPHENSON, C.S.A.
Set Decorator.................EDWARD M. PARKER
Sound Mixer......................COYLE VANOVER
Sound Editor....................HECTOR C. GIKA
Music Editor....................DENNIS RICOTTA
"Hip To Be Square" Sung by.............unknown
"Automatic" Sung by....................unknown
Titles & Optical Effects.......UNIVERSAL TITLE
PANAFLEX® Camera and Lenses by....PANAVISION®
Costume Designer.......................BRIENNE
Costume Supervisor..............JEFF ESPINUEVA
Make-Up.........................TOM ELLINGWOOD
Hair Stylist.................VIRGINIA HADFIELD
Second Unit Director................ALAN GIBBS
Special Visual Effects Created by.............
..................THE L.A. EFFECTS GROUP, INC.
Copyright ©1987 by............................
..................UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC.
A Film by............MICHAEL SLOAN PRODUCTIONS
....................................UNIVERSAL®

NOTE:  This film was produced as a pilot for a weekly series on NBC. The focus of the purposed series would be on Michael Austin. However, NBC declined to order the series for the fall television season of 1987-88.
NOTE:  Stuntwoman Rita Egleston can be seen as the bar patron who punches Jim Castillian in the stomach.

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