 
  Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Tom Gries | 
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| Writer: | Allan Balter, William Read Woodfield | 
| Staring: | 
| In the near future, a space station dubbed Earth II is built for the purpose of scientific research and world peace. However, that peace is shattered when the Chinese send up a nuclear bomb that is orbiting just a few miles away from the station. Can the crew disarm the bomb before it detonates, not only destroying the station but setting off World War III? | |
| Release Date: | Nov 28, 1971 | 
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| Director: | Tom Gries | 
| Writer: | Allan Balter, William Read Woodfield | 
| Genres: | Science Fiction, TV Movie | 
| Keywords | space colony, space station, nuclear threat, spacewalk, space walk | 
| Production Companies | MGM Television, Wabe | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Jun 18, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Gary Lockwood | David Seville | 
| Scott Hylands | Jim Capa | 
| Hari Rhodes | Dr. Loren Huxley | 
| Anthony Franciosa | Frank Karger | 
| Mariette Hartley | Lisa Karger | 
| Gary Merrill | Walter Dietrich | 
| Inga Swenson | Ilyana Kovalefskii | 
| Edward Bell | Anton Kovalefskii | 
| Lew Ayres | President Charles Carter Durant | 
| Brian Dewey | Matt Karger | 
| Diana Webster | Hannah Young | 
| Bart Burns | Steiner | 
| John Carter | Hazlitt | 
| Herbert Nelson | Chairman | 
| Serge Tschernisch | Russian | 
| Vince Cannon | Technician | 
| David Sachs | Surgeon | 
| Robert F. Hoy | West | 
| James Hong | Chinese Military Official | 
| Soon-Tek Oh | Chinese Diplomat | 
| Stack Pierce | Mission Control Worker | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Joe Scully | Casting | 
| Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction | 
| George W. Davis | Art Direction | 
| Cosmo Anzilotti | Art Direction | 
| Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration | 
| Charles Pierce | Set Decoration | 
| J. McMillan Johnson | Special Effects | 
| Jim Danforth | Special Effects Coordinator | 
| Allan Balter | Screenplay | 
| William Read Woodfield | Screenplay | 
| Michel Hugo | Director of Photography | 
| Henry Berman | Editor | 
| Tom Gries | Director | 
| Lalo Schifrin | Music, Original Music Composer | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Allan Balter | Producer | 
| William Read Woodfield | Producer | 
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 
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| 2025 | 6 | 278 | 634 |