The Astronaut

The Astronaut
1972DramaTV MovieScience Fiction73 mins
★★★★★

Plot

An elaborate deception emerges when an American astronaut is lost on a mission to Mars. Space agency officials fearful of losing public support and government funding decide to cover up the accident by employin... read more

  • Robert Michael Lewis

    Director

  • Gerald Di Pego

    Teleplay

  • Robert Biheller

    Story

  • Robert Biheller

    Teleplay

  • Charles Kuenstle

    Story

  • Charles Kuenstle

    Teleplay

  • Les Green

    Editor

  • John Kaufman

    Editor

  • Jackie Cooper

    Kurt Anderson

  • Monte Markham

    Eddie Reese / Col. Brice Randolph

  • Richard Anderson

    Dr. Wylie

  • Robert Lansing

    John Phillips

  • Susan Clark

    Gail Randolph

  • John Lupton

    Don Masters

  • Walter Brooke

    Tom Everett

  • James B. Sikking

    Astronaut Higgins

  • Paul Kent

    Carl Samuels

  • Loretta Leversee

    Toni Scott

  • Ray Dimas

    Freddie

  • Patsy Garrett

    Boy's Mother

  • Tom Hallick

    Agent Wilson

  • John S. Ragin

    Walters

  • Paul Micale

    Beachgoer

  • Richard Stahl

    Fred, Beachgoer's Friend

  • Bob Harks

    Photographer (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    73 minutes

    Released

    1972-01-08

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Universal Television

    Sound

  • Gil Mellé

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    319 days ago

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