The Black Hole poster
Director Gary Nelson
Screenplay Jeb Rosebrook, Gerry Day

The Black Hole

Tagline: A journey that begins where everything ends!

Release Date: 1979-12-18

Duration: 98 minutes

Synopsis

The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.

Casting

  • Ernest Borgnine
    Harry Booth
  • Robert Forster
    Captain Dan Holland
  • Roddy McDowall
    V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
  • Anthony Perkins
    Dr. Alex Durant
  • Yvette Mimieux
    Dr. Kate McCrae
  • Maximilian Schell
    Dr. Hans Reinhardt
  • Tom McLoughlin
    Captain S.T.A.R.
  • Slim Pickens
    B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
  • Joseph Bottoms
    Lieutenant Charles Pizer
  • Gary Nelson
    Drone with Mask Removed (uncredited)