The Mechanical Man

The Mechanical Man is the first episode of Season Two of Land of the Giants and the 27th episode overall. It aired April 20, 1969.

Plot
The Earthlings witness a giant who goes berserk, trashes a drugstore and murders a security guard with his bare hands. They soon learn the man is really a malfunctioning android, created by a scientist named Gorn, who manages to capture Mark and Fitzhugh. When Gorn learns Mark is an engineer, he makes a deal with him to figure out what is wrong with his robot in exchange for his freedom. Mark gets the machine working, but when Gorn isn't forth-coming with his end of the deal, Steve and the others climb inside the robot and hijack it.

Cast

 * Gary Conway as Captain Steve Burton
 * Don Marshall as Dan Erickson
 * Heather Young as Betty Hamilton
 * Don Matheson as Mark Wilson
 * Deanna Lund as Valerie Scott
 * Stefan Arngrim as Barry Lockridge
 * Kurt Kasznar as Alexander Fitzhugh

Supporting Cast

 * Broderick Crawford as Prof. Gorn
 * Stuart Margolin as Zoral
 * William Chapman as Secretary Mek
 * James Daris as The Robot
 * Richard Carlyle as Special Policeman
 * Steven Marlo as SID Official
 * Erik L. Nelson as SID Officer

Notes & Trivia

 * Coming Up