Alien Attack
movie
The ultimate space-age disaster ... and a desperate struggle for survival
Released September 04, 1980
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Overview
Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato. Staffed by over 300 men and women from Earth, it is the operations center for several space expeditions. It is also a watchdog for vast amounts of atomic waste from Earth stored in silos on the Moon's far side. Magnetic radiation builds up and causes the wastes to explode with such force that the Earth's centripetal pull on the Moon is overcome, and the Moon is broken free of Earth's orbit to drift at incredible speed out of the Solar System off the plane of the ecliptic. The survivors on Moonbase Alpha are unable to return to Earth and must survive in unknown space on their wandering Moon. They encounter a planet whose advanced people project an illusion of a devastating attack on Moonbase. This TV movie was edited from scenes of two episodes ("Breakaway" and "War Games") of "Space: 1999" (1975).
Cast
Martin Landau
as
Commander John Koenig
Barbara Bain
as
Doctor Helena Russell
Barry Morse
as
Professor Victor Bergman
Nick Tate
as
Captain Alan Carter
Prentis Hancock
as
Paul Morrow
Zienia Merton
as
Sandra Benes
Roy Dotrice
as
Commissioner Gerald Simmons
Anthony Valentine
as
Male Alien
Isla Blair
as
Female Alien
Philip Madoc
as
Commander Anton Gorski
Lon Satton
as
Benjamin Ouma
Eric Carte
as
Eddie Collins
Crew
Sylvia Anderson
as
Producer
Brian Johnson
as
Special Effects
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Lee H. Katzin
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Director
Charles Crichton
as
Director
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George Bellak
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Screenplay
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Christopher Penfold
as
Screenplay
Gerry Anderson
as
Executive Producer
David Lane
as
Supervising Editor
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Ron Fry
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Production Manager
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David Hirsch
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Creative Consultant