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Countdown

1968·1h 41m·Approved
ThrillerSci-Fi
IMDb Rating
★ 5.9/10
2,944 votes

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.

Countdown is a 1968 thriller sci-fi movie directed by Robert Altman, starring Robert Duvall, James Caan, Barbara Baxley. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.9/10 from 2,944 votes and runs 1h 41m.

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Director
Robert Altman
Stars
Robert Duvall
James Caan
Barbara Baxley
Joanna Moore
Details
1968-02-01
101 min
Movie
Approved
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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