Meteor

Meteor

107 mins | Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction | Oct. 19, 1979

After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a 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 fire power. 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?

Meteor

107 mins | Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction | Oct. 19, 1979

Meteor
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a 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 fire power. 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?
IMDb rating 5.1
Producers Palladium, American International Pictures, Meteor Joint Venture
Original title Meteor
Directors Ronald Neame
Writers Stanley Mann, Edmund H. North

Cast

Sean Connery

as Paul Bradley

Natalie Wood

as Tatiana Donskaya

Karl Malden

as Harry Sherwood

Brian Keith

as Dr. Dubov

Martin Landau

as General Adlon

Trevor Howard

as Sir Michael Hughes

Richard Dysart

as Secretary of Defense

Henry Fonda

as The President

Joseph Campanella

as General Easton

Bo Brundin

as Rolf Manheim

Katherine De Hetre

as Jan Watkins

James G. Richardson

as Alan Marshall

Roger Robinson

as Bill Hunter

Michael Zaslow

as Sam Mason

John Findlater

as Astronaut Tom Easton

Paul Tulley

as Astronaut Bill Frager

Allen Williams

as Astronaut Michael McKendrick

Bibi Besch

as Helen Bradley

Gregory Gaye

as Russian Premier

Clyde Kusatsu

as Yamashiro

Burke Byrnes

as Coast Guard Officer

Joe Medalis

as Bartender

Charles Bartlett

as Guard

Raymond O'Keefe

as Guard

Henry Olek

as Army Translator

Peter Bourne

as U.N. President

Stanley Mann

as Canadian Representative

Ronald Neame

as British Representative

Philip Sterling

as Russian Representative

Arthur Adams

as Ghana Representative

Fred Carney

as United States Representative

Sybil Danning

as Girl Skier

Meschino Paterlini

as Boy Skier

Joe Yune

as Siberian Man

Eileen Saki

as Siberian Woman

Christine Anne Baur

as Communications Center Technician

Paul Camen

as Communications Center Technician

Dorothy Catching

as Communications Center Technician

Bill Couch

as Communications Center Technician

William Darr

as Communications Center Technician

Joan Foley

as Communications Center Technician

Paul Laurence

as Communications Center Technician

John Moio

as Communications Center Technician

Read Morgan

as Communications Center Technician

Conrad E. Palmisano

as Communications Center Technician

Tony Rocco

as Communications Center Technician

Jesse Wayne

as Communications Center Technician

Carole Hemingway

as Sherwood's Secretary

Clete Roberts

as Network Newscaster

Stu Nahan

as Football Announcer

Osman Ragheb

as Swiss TV Newscaster

Yu Wing

as Chinese Fisherman

Yau Tsui Ling

as Chinese Fisherman's Wife

Rick Slaven

as Canteen Worker

James Bacon

as News Reporter

Yani Begakis

as News Reporter

Selma Archerd

as Woman in Subway

Domingo Ambriz

as Boy with Radio

Peter Donat

as Opening Sequence Narrator (voice)

Simon Cadell

as British News Reporter (uncredited)

John McKinney

as Peter Watson