Meteor (1979)

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

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 (61)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Joseph Campanella

General Easton

Bo Brundin

Rolf Manheim

K

Katherine De Hetre

Jan Watkins

James G. Richardson

Alan Marshall

Roger Robinson

Bill Hunter

M

Michael Zaslow

Sam Mason

J

John McKinney

Peter Watson

John Findlater

Tom Easton

P

Paul Tulley

Bill Frager

Allen Williams

Michael McKendrick

Bibi Besch

Helen Bradley

Gregory Gaye

Russian Premier

Clyde Kusatsu

Yamashiro

Burke Byrnes

Coast Guard Officer

J

Joe Medalis

Bartender

Charles Bartlett

Guard

R

Raymond O'Keefe

Guard

H

Henry Olek

Army Translator

Peter Bourne

UN President

Stanley Mann

Canadian Representative

Ronald Neame

British Representative

Philip Sterling

Russian Representative

A

Arthur Adams

Ghana Representative

F

Fred Carney

United States Representative

Sybil Danning

Girl Skier

M

Meschino Paterlini

Boy Skier

J

Joe Yune

Siberian Man

E

Eileen Saki

Siberian Woman

C

Christine Anne Baur

Communications Center Technician

P

Paul Camen

Communications Center Technician

D

Dorothy Catching

Communications Center Technician

B

Bill Couch

Communications Center Technician

W

William Darr

Communications Center Technician

Joan Foley

Communications Center Technician

Paul Laurence

Communications Center Technician

J

John Moio

Communications Center Technician

Read Morgan

Communications Center Technician

Conrad E. Palmisano

Communications Center Technician

T

Tony Rocco

Communications Center Technician

J

Jesse Wayne

Communications Center Technician

C

Carole Hemingway

Sherwood's Secretary

C

Clete Roberts

Network Newscaster

Stu Nahan

Football Announcer

O

Osman Ragheb

Swiss TV Newscaster

Y

Yu Wing

Chinese Fisherman

Y

Yau Tsui Ling

Chinese Fisherman's Wife

R

Ricker Slaven

Canteen Worker

James Bacon

News Reporter

Y

Yani Begakis

News Reporter

S

Selma Archerd

Woman in Subway

Domingo Ambriz

Boy with Radio

Peter Donat

Opening Sequence Narrator (voice)

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