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In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
1977 · Directed by Peter Hyams · 123 min · Drama · Action · Thriller · Science Fiction · 15 frames
Tagline
The mission was a sham. The murders were real.
Crew
- Screenplay: Peter Hyams
- Cinematography: Wilmer Butler
- Edited by: James Mitchell
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Production design: Albert Brenner
- Produced by: Paul Lazarus III
Cast
- Elliott Gould as Robert Caulfield
- James Brolin as Col. Charles Brubaker
- Brenda Vaccaro as Kay Brubaker
- Sam Waterston as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
- O. J. Simpson as Cmdr. John Walker
- Hal Holbrook as Dr. James Kelloway
- Karen Black as Judy Drinkwater
- Telly Savalas as Albain
- David Huddleston as Hollis Peaker
- David Doyle as Walter Loughlin
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Associated General Films, ITC Entertainment
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $12,000,000
- Themes: spacecraft, helicopter, planet mars, escape, nasa, beguilement, texas, crop duster, conspiracy, astronaut
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