- The Astronaut
Infobox Film
name = The Astronaut
director =Robert Michael Lewis
producer =Harve Bennett
writer =Harve Bennett Robert Biheller Gerald Di Pego Charles Kuenstle
starring =Jackie Cooper Monte Markham
music =Gil Melle
cinematography =Alric Edens
editing =Les Green John Kaufman
distributor =American Broadcasting Company
released =January 8 1972
runtime = 73 mins
country = US
awards =
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:123780
imdb_id = 0068229"The Astronaut" is a 1972
science fiction film starringJackie Cooper and directed byRobert Michael Lewis . This made for television film follows a man who has been hired to impersonate an astronaut who died during the first manned mission toMars . Following the failure of the missionNASA (who fear their project will be cancelled) fool the public by having an actor given extensive surgery and faking the landing on Mars. Only his wife begins to suspect that the man claiming to be her husband may not be who he claims to be.Cast
References
Bibliogrpahy
* Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
External links
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