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
Milton Selzer
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Young Savages (1961)
Capricorn One (1977)
Lou Frizzell
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Duel (1971) (TV movie)
Paul Picerni
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Apartment (1960)
Barbara Bosson
USA
Best movies:
Bullitt (1968)
Capricorn One (1977)
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Jon Cedar
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Capricorn One (1977)
I Want to Live (1983) (TV movie)
Steve Tannen
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Trent Dolan
USA
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
The Cover Girl and the Cop (1989) (TV movie)
White Line Fever (1975)
James Bacon
USA
Best movies:
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
Dennis O'Flaherty
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
It Lives Again (1978)
Zack Taylor
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
Bob Harks
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Die Hard (1988)
The Sting (1973)
Monty Jordan
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Brubaker (1980)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Hank Robinson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Arthur Tovey
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Back to the Future (1985)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Paul Van
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghost (1990)