1979/10/19 (US) | Science Fiction, Thriller, Action
It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!
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?
Ronald Neame
Director
Stanley Mann
Screenplay
Edmund H. North
Screenplay
Sean Connery
Paul Bradley
Natalie Wood
Tatiana Donskaya
Karl Malden
Harry Sherwood
Brian Keith
Dr. Dubov
Martin Landau
General Adlon
Trevor Howard
Sir Michael Hughes
Richard Dysart
Secretary of Defense
$ 16,000,000
$ 12,600,000
Released
Bill Ewing
Casting Coordinator
Edmund H. North
Story
Paul Lohmann
Director of Photography
Sugar Blymyer
Hairstylist
Margo Anderson
Visual Effects Supervisor