Meteor (1979)

10/19/1979 1h 47m

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

How old is the movie?

45 years 7 months 27 days

Overview

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?

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Cast Ages at Release

Sean Connery

as Paul Bradley

Born 08/25/1930

Died 10/31/2020, age 90

Natalie Wood

as Tatiana Donskaya

Born 07/20/1938

Died 11/29/1981, age 43

Karl Malden

as Harry Sherwood

Born 03/22/1912

Died 07/01/2009, age 97

Brian Keith

as Dr. Dubov

Born 11/14/1921

Died 06/24/1997, age 75

Martin Landau

as General Adlon

Born 06/20/1928

Died 07/15/2017, age 89

Trevor Howard

as Sir Michael Hughes

Born 09/29/1913

Died 01/07/1988, age 74

Richard Dysart

as Secretary of Defense

Born 03/30/1929

Died 04/05/2015, age 86

Henry Fonda

as The President

Born 05/16/1905

Died 08/12/1982, age 77

Joseph Campanella

as General Easton

Born 11/21/1924

Died 05/16/2018, age 93

Bo Brundin

as Rolf Manheim

Born 04/24/1937

Died 09/04/2022, age 85

Bibi Besch

as Helen Bradley

Born 02/01/1940

Died 09/07/1996, age 56

Clyde Kusatsu

as Yamashiro

Born 09/13/1948, age 76

Burke Byrnes

as Coast Guard Officer

Born 12/09/1937, age 87

Philip Sterling

as Russian Representative

Born 10/09/1922

Died 11/30/1998, age 76

Sybil Danning

as Girl Skier

Born 05/24/1952, age 73

Peter Donat

as Opening Sequence Narrator (voice)

Born 01/20/1928

Died 09/10/2018, age 90