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?
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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
Katherine De Hetre
Jan Watkins
James G. Richardson
Alan Marshall
Roger Robinson
Bill Hunter
Michael Zaslow
Sam Mason
John McKinney
Peter Watson
Ronald Neame
Director
Edmund H. North
Screenplay, Story
Stanley Mann
Screenplay
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Executive Producer
Sandy Howard
Executive Producer
Gabriel Katzka
Executive Producer
Run Run Shaw
Producer
Theodore R. Parvin
Producer
Arnold H. Orgolini
Producer
Paul Lohmann
Director of Photography
Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer
Carl Kress
Editor
Albert Wolsky
Costume Design
Edward C. Carfagno
Production Design
