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