Starring Roles

Michael Lerner (1) As Ed Gantner

Guest Stars

Dana Elcar As Andy Colson (not Pete Thornton) Recurring	Paul Stewart As Doctor Carl Steubens
Michael C. Gwynne As Doctor Charlie Burke	Michael Fairman As General Relkwin
Shavar Ross As Reggie	Darlanne Fluegel As Barbara Spencer

Co-Guest Stars

Olaf Pooley As Doctor Sidney Marlowe	Charles Lanyer As Major Dennis
Lawrence Casey As Colonel Keel	Al White As Sergeant
Charles Bouvier As Technician #1	Michael Johnson (1) As Captain Taylor
Jerry Dewilde As Jerry (as Jerry de Wilde)	Joanna Linn As Mary (as JoAnna Linn)
Howard Schecter As Technician #2	Larry Watson (1) As Technician #3

Main Cast

Richard Dean Anderson As Angus MacGyver

Recap

In Mongolia, MacGyver is scaling a mountain and approaches a plateau where a USAF fighter has crashed with a top-secret missile. Soldiers have set up camp and taken the pilot prisoner. MacGyver knocks out a guard at a machine-gun post, takes his uniform, and slips past the guards to the plane. He takes a flare gun out of the cockpit and puts it in his bag, then spots a survivor, the pilot. MacGyver finds out from him which tent the missile is in and slips the man his Swiss Army Knife to cut himself free. MacGyver slips under the edge of the tent and uses a set of specialized tools to start disarming it. He removes the main circuit but sets off a 30-second timer. With seconds remaining, MacGyver uses a paper clip to stop the countdown. He then rigs a rifle to fire into the ground and heads for the pilot, who has cut himself free. The gunshots attract the guards and the pilot gets out, while MacGyver knocks out a guard. They head for the edge of the cliff as the guards open fire. MacGyver opens fire to hold them off and gives the rifle to the pilot, then takes out a parachute from his backpack. He dons it and grabs the pilot, then flattens the barrel of the flare gun, grabs the pilot, and fires the flare gun. The blast shoves them far enough off the cliff to get clear and make a safe drop...

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• Creator	Lee David Zlotoff
• Executive Producer	Henry Winkler  |  John Rich (1)
• Supervising Producer	Mel Efros
• Producer	Vin DiBona
• Editor	Jerry Young (2)  |  Donald R. Rode  |  Anthony Redman
• Casting	Vicki Rosenberg  |  Helen Mossler
• First Assistant Director	David Menteer
• Second Assistant Director	Merri D. Howard
• Music	Randy Edelman
• Music Editor	Steve Danforth
• Costume Designer	Thomas Welsh
• Hairstylist	Lola Kemp
• Make-up	Ben Nye Jr.
• Set Decorator	John M. Dwyer  |  Charles Graffeo
• Property Master	Robert O. Richards
• Script Supervisor	Joyce King
• Director of Photography	Tak Fujimoto
• Stunt Coordinator	Vince Deadrick, Jr. (1)
• Art Director	Daniel A. Lomino
• Sound Mixer	Jack Woods  |  Jacques Nosco
• Special Effects	Chuck Dolan
• Main Title Theme	Randy Edelman