Director Ronald Neame
Screenplay Stanley Mann, Edmund H. North
Meteor
Tagline: It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!
Release Date: 1979-10-19
Duration: 107 minutes
Synopsis
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits it will cause an incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
Casting
- Sean ConneryPaul Bradley
- Natalie WoodTatiana Donskaya
- Karl MaldenHarry Sherwood
- Henry FondaThe President
- Sybil DanningGirl Skier
- Trevor HowardSir Michael Hughes
- Brian KeithDr. Dubov
- Martin LandauGeneral Adlon
- Simon CadellBritish News Reporter (uncredited)
- Clyde KusatsuYamashiro
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