Countdown

Countdown

5.8IMDb Score
Released:1967-08-20
Duration:101 min
Director:Robert Altman
Actors:James Caan, Joanna Moore, Robert Duvall, Barbara Baxley, Charles Aidman
Production:William Conrad Productions, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

Overview:

Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar shelter for a year.

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