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Actors: Robert Duvall , James Caan , Michael Murphy , Barbara Baxley , Stephen Coit , Joanna Moore , Steve Ihnat , Charles Irving , Ted Knight , Charles Aidman , Bobby Riha , John Rayner

Director: Robert Altman

IMDB Rate: 6.1 out of 10 (551 votes)

Plot Summary:The Apollo 3 crew are training when it is discovered that the Russians plan a moon landing. The Americans enact a makeshift plan to land a man on the moon first, using an older style Gemini spacecraft. Lee is chosen as the astronaut instead of Chiz, who was trained for the mission, because Lee has no military connection. Lee has three weeks to train before take-off, and will have to stay on the moon in a shelter for about a year, until an Apollo is ready to pick him up. However the Russians take off two days earlier than expected.