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| Sean Connery | ... | ||
| Peter Boyle | ... |
Mark Sheppard
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| Frances Sternhagen | ... |
Dr. Lazarus
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| James Sikking | ... |
Sgt. Montone
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| Kika Markham | ... |
Carol O'Niel
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| Clarke Peters | ... |
Ballard
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| Steven Berkoff | ... |
Sagan
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| John Ratzenberger | ... |
Tarlow
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Nicholas Barnes | ... |
Paul O'Niel
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Manning Redwood | ... |
Lowell
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Pat Starr | ... |
Flo Spector
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Hal Galili | ... |
Nelson
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| Angus MacInnes | ... |
Hughes
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| Stuart Milligan | ... |
Walters
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| Eugene Lipinski | ... |
Cane
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Marshal W.T. O'Niel is assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. During his tenure miners are dying - usually violently. When the marshal investigates he discovers the one thing all the deaths have in common is a lethal amphetamine-type drug, which allows the miners to work continuously for days at a time until they become "burned out" and expire. O'Niel follows the trail of the dealers, which leads to the man overseeing the colony. Now O'Niel must watch his back at every turn, as those who seek to protect their income begin targeting him... Written by Derek O'Cain
The movie is amazingly realistic in regard to the technology used and in regard to the human characters.
I totally agree with OP Voutilainen, who wrote a very good comment on this movie on 24 October 2001.
The movie is never superficial if you look at its characters: The bad are not simply bad but realistically brutal. The good are not simply heroic, they rather strive to survive and struggle to keep what's left of their personal dignity and values after the school of life.
People of the future will possibly wonder why anyone ever liked such a "normal life"-movie. The answer is: Simply because of the everyday life dignity that people emanate in the movie.
Really a great positive movie !