Countdown (1967 film)

Countdown is a 1967 science fiction film directed by Robert Altman, based on the 1964 novel The Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls. Made before M*A*S*H, the film was subject to re-editing by the studio. Countdown stars James Caan and Robert Duvall as astronauts vying to be the first American to walk on the Moon as part of a crash program to beat the Soviet Union.

Countdown
Directed byRobert Altman
Screenplay byLoring Mandel
Based onThe Pilgrim Project
by Hank Searls
Produced byWilliam Conrad
StarringJames Caan
Joanna Moore
Robert Duvall
Barbara Baxley
Michael Murphy
Ted Knight
CinematographyWilliam W. Spencer
Edited byGene Milford
Music byLeonard Rosenman
Production
company
A William Conrad Production
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release dates
  • August 20, 1967 (1967-08-20) (UK)
  • May 1, 1968 (1968-05-01) (USA)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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