Film · TMDB
5.2After 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?
Released: 1979-10-19107 minDir: Ronald NeameScience Fiction, Thriller, Action
Cast
- Sean Connery as Paul Bradley
- Natalie Wood as Tatiana Donskaya
- Karl Malden as Harry Sherwood
- Brian Keith as Dr. Dubov
- Martin Landau as General Adlon
- Trevor Howard as Sir Michael Hughes
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
5.1/10
9,089 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
5%
Metacritic
27/100
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
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Key dates
- Published
- 19 October 1979
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Ronald Neame
- Screenwriter
- Edmund H. North
- Cast member
- Bibi Besch
- Composer
- Laurence Rosenthal
- Producer
- Samuel Z. Arkoff