The Astronaut

• Director: Robert M. Lewis
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Science Fiction
• Release Year: 1972
• Country: US
• Run Time: 73 minutes

Plot

Astronaut Monte Markham has been dispatched to the heavens on the first US space trip to Mars. When TV coverage is abruptly cut off, the official story reads that there's been a slight malfunction, and that Markham is heading home. Only space official Jackie Cooper and a handful of associates know the truth: Markham has died a horrible death on the surface of Mars. To save the space program (not to mention American morale), a look-alike--also played by Monte Markham--is paraded before the cameras as the "returning" hero. It's doubtful, however, that the subterfuge will work on the astronaut's suspicious wife (Susan Clark). The Astronaut originally aired January 8, 1972. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Richard Anderson; Susan Clark; Jackie Cooper; Robert Lansing; John Lupton; James B. Sikking; Monte Markham

Credit

George C. Webb - Art Director, Robert M. Lewis - Director, Les Green - Editor, John Kaufman Jr. - Editor, Gil Melle - Composer (Music Score), Alric Edens - Cinematographer, Harve Bennett - Producer, Bob Biheller - Screen Story, Charles Kuenstle - Screen Story, Harve Bennett - Screenwriter, Gerald Di Pego - Screenwriter

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