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1979

METEOR

It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!

Science Fiction
Thriller
Action
51

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Overview

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 which 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 who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

Director: Ronald Neame
Runtime: 107 minutes
Budget: $16 million
Box Office: $12.60 million
Vote Average: 51

Cast

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Sean Connery

Paul Bradley

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Natalie Wood

Tatiana Donskaya

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Karl Malden

Harry Sherwood

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Brian Keith

Dr. Dubov

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Martin Landau

General Adlon

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Trevor Howard

Sir Michael Hughes

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Richard Dysart

Secretary of Defense

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Henry Fonda

The President

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Joseph Campanella

General Easton

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Bo Brundin

Rolf Manheim

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Katherine De Hetre

Jan Watkins

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James G. Richardson

Alan Marshall

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Roger Robinson

Bill Hunter

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Michael Zaslow

Sam Mason

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John Findlater

Astronaut Tom Easton

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Paul Tulley

Astronaut Bill Frager

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Allen Williams

Astronaut Michael McKendrick

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Bibi Besch

Helen Bradley

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Gregory Gaye

Russian Premier

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Clyde Kusatsu

Yamashiro

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Burke Byrnes

Coast Guard Officer

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Joe Medalis

Bartender

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Charles Bartlett

Guard

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Raymond O'Keefe

Guard

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Henry Olek

Army Translator

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Peter Bourne

U.N. President

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Stanley Mann

Canadian Representative

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Ronald Neame

British Representative

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Philip Sterling

Russian Representative

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Arthur Adams

Ghana Representative

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Fred Carney

United States Representative

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Sybil Danning

Girl Skier

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Meschino Paterlini

Boy Skier

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Joe Yune

Siberian Man

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Eileen Saki

Siberian Woman

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Christine Anne Baur

Communications Center Technician

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Paul Camen

Communications Center Technician

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Dorothy Catching

Communications Center Technician

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Bill Couch

Communications Center Technician

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William Darr

Communications Center Technician

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Joan Foley

Communications Center Technician

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Paul Laurence

Communications Center Technician

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John Moio

Communications Center Technician

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Read Morgan

Communications Center Technician

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Conrad E. Palmisano

Communications Center Technician

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Tony Rocco

Communications Center Technician

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Jesse Wayne

Communications Center Technician

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Carole Hemingway

Sherwood's Secretary

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Clete Roberts

Network Newscaster

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Stu Nahan

Football Announcer

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Osman Ragheb

Swiss TV Newscaster

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Yu Wing

Chinese Fisherman

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Yau Tsui Ling

Chinese Fisherman's Wife

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Ricker Slaven

Canteen Worker

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James Bacon

News Reporter

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Yani Begakis

News Reporter

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Selma Archerd

Woman in Subway

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Domingo Ambriz

Boy with Radio

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Peter Donat

Opening Sequence Narrator (voice)

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Simon Cadell

British News Reporter (uncredited)

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John McKinney

Peter Watson

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