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An intergalactic research team is lulled into a false sense of security by a mad scientist planning to explore a collapsed star - and attacked by his army of deadly androids. Sci-fi adventure, starring Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins and Ernest Borgnine, with Roddy McDowall providing the voice of the heroes' robot companion
1979
subtitles
Adventure
Movie/Drama
Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
Maximilian Schell
(Actor)
.. Dr Hans Reinhardt
Anthony Perkins
(Actor)
.. Dr Alex Durant
Ernest Borgnine
(Actor)
.. Harry Booth
Robert Forster
(Actor)
.. Capt Dan Holland
Joseph Bottoms
(Actor)
.. Lt Charles Pizer
Yvette Mimieux
(Actor)
.. Dr Kate McCrae
Tommy McLoughlin
(Actor)
.. Capt Star
Roddy McDowall
(Actor)
.. Vincent
Gary Nelson
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Maximilian Schell
(Actor)
.. Dr Hans Reinhardt
Anthony Perkins
(Actor)
.. Dr Alex Durant
Born:
April 04, 1932
in
New York
Best Known For:
Playing Norman Bates in Psycho.
Early-life:
Born on April 4, 1932, in New York. His father was stage and film actor Osgood Perkins. Anthony moved to Boston in 1942 and went on to study at Columbia University and Rollins College. He made his film debut in 1953 alongside Spencer Tracy and Jean Simmons in The Actress.
Career:
Perkins was nominated for an Oscar for his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956), and went on to star in a number of films during the decade, including Fear Strikes Out (1957) and The Matchmaker (1958). His big break came in 1960 when Alfred Hitchcock cast him as Norman Bates in Psycho, a role he would be forever associated with. He would go on to play Norman Bates in two Psycho film sequels and a made-for-TV prequel. Other film credits included Goodbye Again (1961), The Trial (1962), Catch-22 (1970), and The Black Hole (1979). On the stage he was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award for Look Homeward, Angel (1958) and Greenwillow (1960.) He died from complications from the Aids virus in 1992.
Quote:
On the famous shower scene in Psycho: 'I was in New York rehearsing for a play when the shower scene was filmed in Hollywood. It is rather strange to go through life being identified with this sequence knowing that it was my double.'
Trivia:
Perkins had a top 30 hit on the Billboard chart with the single Moonlight Swim.
Ernest Borgnine
(Actor)
.. Harry Booth
Born:
January 24, 1917
in
Hamden, Connecticut
Best Known For:
His forceful personality.
Early-life:
Born Ermes Effron Borgnino on January 24, 1917, in Hamden, Connecticut. His parents had emigrated from Italy. After graduating high school, Ernest joined the United States Navy, where he stayed for 10 years until 1945. After completing a course at Randall School of Drama in Hartford, he went on to play a number of roles over four years at Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. His big break came in 1949 when he made his debut on Broadway playing a male nurse in Harvey.
Career:
After moving to Los Angeles to pursue a movie career, Borgnine made his film debut in Richer Than the Earth (1951). In 1953, he played Sgt 'Fatso' Judson in From Here to Eternity, and he won an Academy Award for his performance as a sensitive butcher in Marty (1955). Other films included Wedding Breakfast (1956), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Emperor of the North Pole (1973). On the small screen, he starred in the popular TV series McHale's Navy, and the action series Airwolf. He earned an Emmy Award nomination at the age of 92 for his work on the series ER. He died on July 8, 2012, at the age of 95.
Quote:
'I don't care whether a part is 10 minutes long, or two hours, and I don't care whether my name is up there on top, either.'
Trivia:
His fifth wife, Tova Borgnine, was almost 25 years his junior. His marriage to singer Ethel Merman lasted 38 days. He was the original voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob SquarePants.
Robert Forster
(Actor)
.. Capt Dan Holland
Born:
July 13, 1941
in
Rochester, New York, United States
Best Known For:
Playing Max Cherry in Jackie Brown (1997).
Early-life:
Robert Wallace Forster Jr was born on July 13, 1941 in Rochester, New York, United States. He attended the University of Rochester, where he starred in various student drama performances. Although he originally intended to study law, Robert decided to become an actor instead.
Career:
Early in his career, Forster had supporting roles in Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) and The Stalking Moon (1968) and he starred in Medium Cool (1969). He had lead roles in TV shows Banyon and Nakia and supporting roles in action and horror films, including Disney's The Black Hole (1979). Forster starred in such cult B-movies as Alligator (1980), Vigilante (1983), The Delta Force (1986) and The Banker (1989). After reaching a period where it seemed his career had died, Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997) revived it. Among the films he has appeared in since are Me, Myself and Irene (2000), Mulholland Drive (2001), Like Mike (2002) and Lucky Number Slevin (2006). Forster has also appeared in such TV shows as Heroes and Breaking Bad.
Quote:
On luck in the film industry: 'I'm not sure how a guy wins or loses in this business, but somebody's got to come along and make you lucky. You can't do it yourself.'
Trivia:
He received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Max Cherry in Jackie Brown.
Joseph Bottoms
(Actor)
.. Lt Charles Pizer
Yvette Mimieux
(Actor)
.. Dr Kate McCrae
Tommy McLoughlin
(Actor)
.. Capt Star
Roddy McDowall
(Actor)
.. Vincent
Gary Nelson
(Director)
