Shortly after the launch of a satellite from a space shuttle the satellite collides with a UFO in front of the crew's eyes. Because of an election campaign some politicians try to hide the ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Gary Collins | ... | Steve Bancroft | |
| Robert Vaughn | ... | Gordon Cain | |
| James Hampton | ... | Lew Price | |
| Philip Abbott | ... | Frank Morrison | |
| Joseph Campanella | ... | Frank Lafferty | |
| Pamela Bellwood | ... | Sarah Michaels | |
| Tom Hallick | ... | Phil Cameron | |
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Steven Keats | ... | Paul Bannister |
| William Schallert | ... | Professor Mills | |
| Darren McGavin | ... | Harry Forbes | |
| Cliff Osmond | ... | Sheriff Barlow | |
| Andrew Bloch | ... | Neal Kelso | |
| Stuart Pankin | ... | Sam Tate | |
| Betty Ann Carr | ... | Flo Mattson | |
| H.M. Wynant | ... | Flight Director | |
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Shortly after the launch of a satellite from a space shuttle the satellite collides with a UFO in front of the crew's eyes. Because of an election campaign some politicians try to hide the crashed UFO -- inside hangar 18. Written by Kay Drangmeister <K.Drangmeister@insider.sub.de>
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13 March 1981 (Ireland) See more »Also Known As:
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$11,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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This film's title was the inspiration for a song by Megadeth which appears on their "Rust In Peace" album. See more »Goofs
The interior of the spaceship is obviously bigger than its exterior would account for. See more »Alternate Versions
Aired on TV under the title _Invasion Force (1980)_, with a different ending. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Let me start out by saying I like this movie. That being said, it would probably be best for me to mention the good points of this movie first because all two of them don't make up for the rest of the things that are wrong with it. Someone went to a lot of effort to design (or borrow?) the language and symbols of the aliens. The ship is covered with them inside. And there's a nice segue into actual ancient, mysterious landmarks on Earth.
It gets you thinking a little, which earns it an extra 1/2 point in my book. There are a couple of decent stunts, but sadly, the rest of the movie is lame. The soundtrack is that awful 70's transition stuff from television and the premise of the story is beyond far-fetched. The cinematography is lack-luster and nothing will effect your senses or emotions. They don't even attempt to comment on the details of how to move a large alien object without being seen. But at least they didn't parade it through town on the back of a truck under a tarp like in Flight of the Navigator. Security and contamination protocols were poorly researched if at all. Not one military security guard held a flashlight properly (like a club folks!) And the UFO was deemed safe before they even determined why it crashed or landed. Government agents in "covert" surveillance were painfully obvious and they wee somehow amazed that a couple of astronauts would know where the nearest appropriate facility would be located to store an alien ship! I give it a 2 1/2 out of 5. A Righteous but lame effort.