The Questor Tapes (1974)

An android (Robert Foxworth) created with cutting edge technology sets out on a quest to find his missing creator (Lew Ayres) in an attempt to find out his purpose. To this end, he is helped in his search by a young scientist (Mike Farrell). Directed by Richard Colla (THE UFO INCIDENT) and based on a concept by Gene Roddenberry, the man behind the original STAR TREK series. A fascinating premise poorly executed. The movie plays around with the idea of creation in terms of our own creation and our relation to our "creator" and the android's relation to his own creator but it doesn't explore it in any depth. It plays out like a TV movie of the week (which it was) and this is only amplified by the cipher that is Mike Farrell. The film has a large cult following but I, for one, would love to see it remade by more creative and daring minds. With Dana Wynter, John Vernon, Majel Barrett and James Shigeta whose part seems to have been severely cut.