Directed by:
Peter HyamsScreenplay:
Peter HyamsCinematography:
Bill ButlerComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson, Hal Holbrook, Karen Black, Telly Savalas, David Huddleston, David Doyle, Lee Bryant (more)Plots(1)
As the whole world watches the first manned flight to Mars, its three astronauts are plunged into a nightmarish battle for survival. Minutes before the launch of their mission, the Capricorn One crew are told to exit their capsule and are secretly taken to an abandoned desert hangar. For the sake of the nation's morale and the future of NASA funding, they are coerced into taking part in an elaborate charade but when the captive astronauts learn their capsule burned up on re-entry and the world believes them dead, they know their very existence now poses a threat to national security. The three men escape, hoping that one of them will live to expose the sensational cover-up. (Network)
(more)Cast
![Elliott Gould](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/451/164451780_39ac11.jpg)
Elliott Gould
USA
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
![James Brolin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269203_33f1be.jpg)
James Brolin
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Traffic (2000)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
![Brenda Vaccaro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269204_919354.jpg)
Brenda Vaccaro
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
You Don't Know Jack (2010) (TV movie)
Deceptions (1985) (TV movie)
![Sam Waterston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/570/162570863_66c256.jpg)
Sam Waterston
USA
Best movies:
Godless (2017) (series)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Killing Fields (1984)
![O.J. Simpson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/194/164194571_89e4f5.jpg)
O.J. Simpson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
![Hal Holbrook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269206_f5873c.jpg)
Hal Holbrook
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
All the President's Men (1976)
Magnum Force (1973)
![Karen Black](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269208_4b71dd.jpg)
Karen Black
USA
Best movies:
Easy Rider (1969)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Capricorn One (1977)
![Telly Savalas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269207_ba1e9a.jpg)
Telly Savalas
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Cape Fear (1962)
![David Huddleston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/464/158464074_a5258e.jpg)
David Huddleston
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Brian's Song (1971) (TV movie)
![David Doyle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/326/161326829_704b20.gif)
David Doyle
USA
Best movies:
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
Capricorn One (1977)
Wings of Fame (1990)
![Lee Bryant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/327/161327015_3fb947.gif)
Lee Bryant
USA
Best movies:
Airplane! (1980)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Capricorn One (1977)
![Denise Nicholas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/178/158178162_b307f8.jpg)
Denise Nicholas
USA
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
Let's Do It Again (1975)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
![Robert Walden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058621_f52be0.jpg)
Robert Walden
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![James Sikking](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/377/162377261_71deea.png)
James Sikking
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
Ordinary People (1980)
![Alan Fudge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318112_415784.jpg)
Alan Fudge
USA
Best movies:
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
The Natural (1984)
![James Karen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280326_248ee7.jpg)
James Karen
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Nancy Malone
USA
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
Hank Stohl
USA
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
The Outside Man (1972)
Bank Shot (1974)
![Norman Bartold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482377_adde4a.jpg)
Norman Bartold
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Darrell Zwerling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/475/160475675_fc9ef2.jpg)
Darrell Zwerling
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Grease (1978)