The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping story
Oscar Goldman orchestrates a ruse whereby a high level U.S. military diplomat pretending to be held up in a Paris hospital is to be secretly whisked off to Peking to negotiate an ease of tensions between the two countries. A professional kidnapping organization successfully abducts the diplomat in Paris with the aid of his treacherous paramour known as the Contessa. The kidnappers demand a $1 billion ransom in gold. As the gold shipment moves forward, Steve Austin begins a search against the clock for the hostage. He is aided both by the fickle Contessa and by a doctor who agrees, with perilous consequences, to have brain cells of a dead kidnapper injected into her own brain to allow her to have access to his memories.
11 total · 5 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| cyborg | major | Steve Austin had a bionic arm, a bionic eye, and two bionic legs. |
| facing a hostage situation | major | U.S. diplomat William Henry Cameron was kidnapped and held for a one billion dollar ransom in gold. |
| greed for riches | major | Three members of a professional kidnapping organization plotted to abduct a diplomat and ransom him for a billion dollars in gold. |
| human vs. captivity | major | U.S. diplomat William Henry Cameron was kidnapped and held for a one billion dollar ransom in gold |
| infatuation | major | Steve and Contessa. |
| artificial body part | minor | Steve used his bionic arm to punch things. [arm] |
| artificial body part | minor | Steve used his bionic eye to read Contessa's passport in the dark. [eye] |
| artificial body part | minor | Steve used his bionic leg to crush a pistol. [leg] |
| diplomacy | minor | U.S. diplomat William Henry Cameron was kidnapped on his way to negotiate with the Chinese. |
| government secrecy | minor | U.S. government officials kept the diplomat Cameron's abduction secret from the public. |