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Meteor

It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!
Oct 19, 1979 · 1h 47m
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Science Fiction
Thriller
Action

PLOT

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?

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CAST

Sean Connery
Paul Bradley
Natalie Wood
Tatiana Donskaya
Karl Malden
Harry Sherwood
Brian Keith
Dr. Dubov
Martin Landau
General Adlon
Trevor Howard
Michael Hughes
Richard Dysart
Secretary of Defense
Henry Fonda
The President
Directed by Ronald Neame

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$16,000,000
Revenue
$12,600,000
Production
American International Pictures, Palladium Productions, Shaw Brothers
Country
US

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