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Directed by | Robert Altman |
Screenplay by | Loring Mandel |
Based on | The Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls |
Produced by | William Conrad |
Starring | James Caan Joanna Moore Robert Duvall Barbara Baxley Michael Murphy Ted Knight |
Cinematography | William W. Spencer |
Edited by | Gene Milford |
Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
Production company | A William Conrad Production |
Distributed by | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Countdown is a 1967 science fiction film directed by Robert Altman, based on the 1964 novel The Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls. The film stars James Caan and Robert Duvall as astronauts vying to be the first American to walk on the Moon as part of an accelerated program to beat the Soviet Union.