Firefox
...the most devastating killing machine ever built... his job... steal it!
- 1982
- Rated PG
- 2h 16m
- Science Fiction
- Action
- Thriller
Overview
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $70.7M worldwide, about 3.9 times its $18M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel Firefox
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Filming locations
Filmed in Vienna, San Diego and Austria
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Setting
Set in London
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Music
Music by Maurice Jarre
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Bruce Surtees
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Alex LaskerScreenplay
- Craig ThomasNovel
- Wendell WellmanScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 18, 1982
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $18M
- Revenue
- $70.7M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
No subscription or free streaming listed. It can be rented or bought.
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Cast
Clint EastwoodMitchell Gant
Freddie JonesKenneth Aubrey
David HuffmanCaptain Buckholz
Warren ClarkePavel Upenskoy
Ronald LaceySemelovsky
Kenneth ColleyColonel Kontarsky
Klaus LöwitschGeneral Vladimirov
Nigel HawthornePyotr Baranovich
Stefan SchnabelFirst Secretary
Thomas HillGeneral Brown
Clive MerrisonMajor Lanyev
Kai WulffLt. Colonel Voskov
Dimitra ArlissNatalia
Austin WillisWalters
Michael CurrieCaptain Seerbacker
James StaleyLt. Commander Fleischer
Ward CostelloGeneral Rogers
Alan TilvernAir Marshal Kutuzov
Oliver CottonDmitri Priabin
Bernard BehrensWilliam Saltonstall
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