

19/10/1979
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?

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

Ricker 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
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