“The motion picture that puts a man on the moon and you follow him every terrifying second of the way.”
Countdown
5.8
60 votes·1967
·1h 41m
·MovieScience FictionThriller
Overview
Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar shelter for a year.
Keywords
moonbased on novel or booknasamoon landingastronautspace race
Cast
James Caan
Lee Stegler
Joanna Moore
Mickey Stegler
Robert Duvall
Chiz
Barbara Baxley
Jean
Charles Aidman
Gus
Steve Ihnat
Ross Duellan
Michael Murphy
Rick
Ted Knight
Walter Larson
Stephen Coit
Ehrman
John Rayner
Dunc
Charles Irving
Seidel
Bobby Riha
Stevie Stegler
Ray Ballard
Manager (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
Technician (uncredited)
Arthur Bernard
Coopersmith (uncredited)
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