Release Date

19 Oct, 1979

Runtime

01:47: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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?

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Actors

Sean Connery

Natalie Wood

Karl Malden

Brian Keith

Martin Landau

Trevor Howard

Richard Dysart

Henry Fonda

Joseph Campanella

Bo Brundin

Katherine De Hetre

James G. Richardson

Roger Robinson

Michael Zaslow

John Findlater

Paul Tulley

Allen Williams

Bibi Besch

Gregory Gaye

Clyde Kusatsu

Burke Byrnes

Crew

Bill Ewing

Ronald Neame

Stanley Mann

Edmund H. North

Edmund H. North

Paul Lohmann

Sugar Blymyer

Margo Anderson

Carl Kress

William Cruse

Barbara Krieger

Albert Wolsky

Hallie Smith-Simmons

Gabriel Katzka