Meteor (1979) - It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!

Meteor

It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!
( Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller )

US Runtime: 107 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Oct 19, 1979 [USA]

Director:	Ronald Neame [Director]

Writers:	Stanley Mann [Screenplay] Edmund H. North [Screenplay] Edmund H. North [Story]

Producers:	Samuel Z. Arkoff [Executive Producer] Sandy Howard [Executive Producer] Gabriel Katzka [Executive Producer] Arnold H. Orgolini [Producer] Theodore R. Parvin [Producer] Run Run Shaw [Producer]

Cinematography:	Paul Lohmann [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Carl Kress [Editor]

Music Composed by	Laurence Rosenthal [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Edward C. Carfagno [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Albert Wolsky [Costume Design]

Casting by	Bill Ewing [Casting Coordinator]

Production Companys:	American International Pictures (US) Meteor Joint Venture Palladium Productions

Plot Summary:

The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.

Cast:

Sean Connery Paul Bradley Natalie Wood Tatiana Donskaya Karl Malden Harry Sherwood Brian Keith Dr. Dubov Martin Landau General Adlon Trevor Howard Sir 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 Findlater Astronaut Tom Easton Paul Tulley Astronaut Bill Frager Allen Williams Astronaut Michael McKendrick Bibi Besch Helen Bradley Gregory Gaye Russian Premier Clyde Kusatsu Yamashiro Burke Byrnes Coast Guard Officer Joe Medalis Bartender Charles Bartlett Guard Raymond O'Keefe Guard Henry Olek Army Translator Peter Bourne U.N. President Stanley Mann Canadian Representative Ronald Neame British Representative Philip Sterling Russian Representative Arthur Adams Ghana Representative		Fred Carney United States Representative Sybil Danning Girl Skier Meschino Paterlini Boy Skier Joe Yune Siberian Man Eileen Saki Siberian Woman Christine Anne Baur Communications Center Technician Paul Camen Communications Center Technician Dorothy Catching Communications Center Technician Bill Couch Communications Center Technician William Darr Communications Center Technician Joan Foley Communications Center Technician Paul Laurence Communications Center Technician John Moio Communications Center Technician Read Morgan Communications Center Technician Conrad E. Palmisano Communications Center Technician Tony Rocco Communications Center Technician Jesse Wayne Communications Center Technician Carole Hemingway Sherwood's Secretary Clete Roberts Network Newscaster Stu Nahan Football Announcer Osman Ragheb Swiss TV Newscaster Yu Wing Chinese Fisherman Yau Tsui Ling Chinese Fisherman's Wife Ricker Slaven Canteen Worker James Bacon News Reporter Yani Begakis News Reporter Selma Archerd Woman in Subway Domingo Ambriz Boy with Radio Peter Donat Opening Sequence Narrator (voice) John McKinney Peter Watson

Uncredited Cast:

Simon Cadell British News Reporter (uncredited)

Stunt Crew:

Bruce Paul Barbour Stunts Bob Bralver Stunts Leah Creed Stunts Roger Creed Stunt Coordinator Ted Duncan Stunts Larry Duran Stunts Barbara Eaton Stunts Kenny Endoso Stunts Martha Garza Stunts		Len Glascow Stunts Leslie Hoffman Stunts Marilyn Jones Stunts Jack Lilley Stunts Nick Palmisano Stunts George Robotham Stunts Sonny Shields Stunts Jesse Wayne Stunts Al Wyatt Sr. Stunts

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Margo Anderson Visual Effects Supervisor William Cruse Visual Effects		Glen Robinson Special Effects

Art Department:

David A. Constable Art Direction		Barbara Krieger Set Decoration

Directing Crew:

D. Scott Easton Second Assistant Director Daniel McCauley First Assistant Director		Albert M. Shapiro Second Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Ron Frantzvog Assistant Camera

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