Meteor (1979)
It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!
- Released
- Runtime 1h 47m
- Director Ronald Neame
- Genres Action Science Fiction Thriller
- Rating 5.2/10 (180 votes)
Synopsis
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 that 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, which has also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
Cast
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Sean Connery
as Paul Bradley
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Natalie Wood
as Tatiana Donskaya
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Karl Malden
as Harry Sherwood
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Brian Keith
as Dr. Dubov
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Martin Landau
as General Adlon
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Trevor Howard
as Michael Hughes
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Richard Dysart
as Secretary of Defense
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Henry Fonda
as The President
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Joseph Campanella
as General Easton
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Bo Brundin
as Rolf Manheim
- Katherine De Hetre as Jan Watkins
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James G. Richardson
as Alan Marshall
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Roger Robinson
as Bill Hunter
- Michael Zaslow as Sam Mason
- John McKinney as Peter Watson
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John Findlater
as Tom Easton
- Paul Tulley as Bill Frager
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Allen Williams
as Michael McKendrick
Crew
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Ronald Neame
Director
- Paul Lohmann Director of Photography
- Carl Kress Editor
- Laurence Rosenthal Original Music Composer
- Arnold H. Orgolini Producer
- Theodore R. Parvin Producer
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Run Run Shaw
Producer
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Stanley Mann
Screenplay
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Edmund H. North
Screenplay
