Directed by:
Peter HyamsScreenplay:
Peter HyamsCinematography:
Bill ButlerComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson, Hal Holbrook, Karen Black, Telly Savalas, David Huddleston, David Doyle, Lee Bryant (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
The mission was a sham. The murders were real. The world watches as the first manned space flight to Mars blasts off with a crew destined to walk on the surface of the red planet, but the crew is not on board. They have been secretly and forcible escorted to a desert hangar to act out the mission as though they were on the shuttle. The reason for the cover up? NASA made a mistake too costly to reveal and now must cover it up or risk national embarrassment. The mission continues as planned until a NASA technician discovers a discrepancy in a computer read-out. Receiving no co-operation from his supervisors, he casually mentions it to a reporter friend who is intrigued by the idea of a government cover up and decides to investigate. With the shuttle disintegrating on re-entry, the world believes all inside have perished. The astronauts realise they are now a threat to national security and escape hoping that one of them live long enough to expose the fraud. (Beyond Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Elliott Gould
USA
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
James Brolin
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Traffic (2000)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Brenda Vaccaro
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
You Don't Know Jack (2010) (TV movie)
Deceptions (1985) (TV movie)
Sam Waterston
USA
Best movies:
Godless (2017) (series)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Killing Fields (1984)
O.J. Simpson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Hal Holbrook
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
All the President's Men (1976)
Magnum Force (1973)
Karen Black
USA
Best movies:
Easy Rider (1969)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Capricorn One (1977)
Telly Savalas
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Cape Fear (1962)
David Huddleston
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Brian's Song (1971) (TV movie)
David Doyle
USA
Best movies:
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
Capricorn One (1977)
Wings of Fame (1990)
Lee Bryant
USA
Best movies:
Flying High! (1980)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Capricorn One (1977)
Denise Nicholas
USA
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
Let's Do It Again (1975)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Robert Walden
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Columbo (1971) (series)
James Sikking
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
Ordinary People (1980)
Alan Fudge
USA
Best movies:
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
The Natural (1984)
James Karen
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Nancy Malone
USA
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
Hank Stohl
USA
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
The Outside Man (1972)
Bank Shot (1974)
Norman Bartold
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Darrell Zwerling
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Grease (1978)