Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Gary Lockwood | ... | David Seville | |
Scott Hylands | ... | Jim Capa | |
Hari Rhodes | ... | Dr. Loren Huxley | |
Anthony Franciosa | ... | Frank Karger (as Tony Franciosa) | |
Mariette Hartley | ... | Lisa Karger | |
Gary Merrill | ... | Walter Dietrich | |
Inga Swenson | ... | Ilyana Kovalefskii | |
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Edward Michael Bell | ... | Anton Kovalefskii (as Edward Bell) |
Lew Ayres | ... | President Charles Carter Durant | |
Brian Dewey | ... | Matt Karger | |
Diana Webster | ... | Hannah Young | |
Bart Burns | ... | Steiner | |
John Carter | ... | Hazlitt | |
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Herbert Nelson | ... | Chairman |
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Serge Tschernisch | ... | Russian |
In the near future, a space station dubbed Earth II is built for the purpose of scientific research and world peace. However, that peace is shattered when the Chinese send up a nuclear bomb that is orbiting just a few miles away from the station. Can the crew disarm the bomb before it detonates, not only destroying the station but setting off World War III? Written by Brian Washington <Sargebri@att.net>
This is a very rare made for TV movie with a great story and excellent special effects. The only thing that might be considered wrong about this film is that even though it is supposedly set in the future, this film is now very much dated. This film was made during the height of the Cold War and at a time relations between The U.S., the then Soviet Union and China were not very good. In fact, the U.S. is almost looked at as a pawn in the struggle between the other two super powers. However, this film does provide a good glimpse at the future and how space travel could eventually be routine and the possibilities of global cooperation in outer space.