
Capricorn One
- released:1977-12-10
- genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
- duration:123m
- casts: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O. J. Simpson
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production: Associated General Films, ITC Entertainment
overview
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.