Capricorn One
When a tenacious reporter uncovers that NASA’s historic Mars landing is a staged hoax, she must expose the deadly conspiracy before the coerced astronauts are silenced forever.
“The mission was a sham. The murders were real.”
Synopsis
To safeguard the reputation of the American space program, a group of NASA administrators orchestrate a fake Mars landing by turning the first Mars mission into a fabricated event. The astronauts, threatened with harm to their families, participate in the deception on a constructed set located at an abandoned military base. However, once the real spacecraft returns to Earth and is destroyed during re-entry, the astronauts become a risk. With the assistance of an investigative reporter, they now confront a dangerous conspiracy determined to keep the truth concealed.
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Principal cast & crew: 20
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Edited by James MitchellShot by Bill ButlerScored by Jerry GoldsmithDesigned by Albert Brenner
Box Office
1977 · Box office
Produced on a $5.0M budget
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$5.0M
Also known as
- Unternehmen Capricornde
- Capricornio Unoes
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Cast & Crew
20 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Elliott Gould
as Robert Caulfield
James Brolin
as Charles Brubaker
Brenda Vaccaro
as Kay Brubaker
Sam Waterston
as Peter Willis
O J Simpson
as John Walker
Hal Holbrook
as Dr. James Kelloway
Karen Black
as Judy Drinkwater
Telly Savalas
as Albain
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as Judy Drinkwater
David Huddleston
as Hollis Peaker
David Doyle
as Walter Loughlin
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1Writers
1Producers
1Other crew
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