“The countdown to annihilation has begun... And nothing on earth can stop it!”
Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.
Jerry Jameson
Hugh Benson
Michael Blankfort
Dennis Nemec
Matthew F. Leonetti
Paul Chihara
Richard Crenna
Jason Voight
Elizabeth Ashley
Sharon Allan
David Dukes
David Allan
Joanna Miles
Jennifer Dreiser
Lloyd Bochner
Paul Gilliam
Merlin Olsen
Stan Webster
Andrew Duggan
The President
Maggie Wellman
Carol
Nicolas Coster
The Governor
Marj Dusay
Ellen Gilliam
John Larch
Johnson
Kip Niven
Mac
... and 18 more
NBC promo A Fire in the Sky 1978
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Bill Driskill Productions
Columbia Pictures Television
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