Capricorn One

When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.

Capricorn One is a 1978 drama adventure movie directed by Peter Hyams, starring James Brolin, Elliott Gould, Sam Waterston. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.8/10 from 27,325 votes and runs 2h 3m.