Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
In the future, Earth is overcrowded and the population relies on distant bases to be fed. In the Saturn 3 station, Major Adam and the scientist Alex, who is also his lover and has never been on Earth, have been researching hydroponics for three years in the base alone with their dog Sally. Captain Benson arrives Saturn 3 with Hector, incapable to controlling his emotions he transfers his homicidal tendency and insanity to Hector. Now Major Adam and Alex are trapped in the station with a dangerous psychopath robot.
- spacecraft
- moon
- chess
- tattoo
- cyborg
- killer robot
- space travel
- saturn
- murder
- rampage
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Roy Dotrice — Benson (uncredited) (voice)
- Stephanie English — Technician (uncredited)
- Jill Goldston — Woman on World Spaceways Ship (uncredited)
- Vera Goulet — Technician (uncredited)
- Douglas Lambert — Captain James (uncredited)
- Christopher Muncke — 2nd Crewman (uncredited)
- Directed
- Stanley Donen
- Written
- Martin Amis, John Barry
Production
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 · 225 ratings
- Studio
- Transcontinental Film Productions (London), ITC Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
