Murder in Space
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Steven Hilliard Stern
Thick Wilson
Barry Flatman
Clark Johnson
Damir Andrei
Alan C. Peterson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The crew of a multi-national space probe is being systematically killed off and the problem faced by ground control, the CIA and the KGB is whether to let the craft land, possibly permitting the killer to escape through political hanky panky, or keep it aloft until the mystery is solved, while the number of those aboard dwindles. An additional twist to this whodunit, created by Levinson and Link using the noms-de-plume "Wesley Ferguson" to keep the secret, was airing it initially without the conclusive final half hour, allowing SHOWTIME subscribers to unravel the mystery for large cash prizes. It subsequently was shown in its entirety.
Director
Steven Hilliard Stern
Cast
Thick Wilson
Barry Flatman
Clark Johnson
Damir Andrei
Alan C. Peterson
Timothy Webber
Martin Balsam
Arthur Hill
Margot Finley
Scott Denton
Ted Dillon
Cheryl Wilson
Kate Trotter
Kate Lynch
Tom Butler
Marc Gomes
Tom Masek
Alan Jordan
Gloria Carlin
Michael Ironside
Cathie Shirriff
Peter Dvorsky
Leo Ilial
Alberta Watson
Wilford Brimley
Dave Duvall
Bill Lake
Richard Blackburn
Nerene Virgin
Wendy Crewson
Jan Rubes
Vince Metcalfe
Crew
Stuart Aikins
Martin Ashbee
John Berger
Donna Bis
Richard Cadger
Brian Carson
Bruce Carwardine
Bryan Charbonneau
Ron Chegwidden
Richard Clark
Richard F Clark
Bob Cooper
Wesley Ferguson
Alice Ferrier
Glen Gauthier
Lazlo George
David Giammarco
Linda Gill
Rocco Gismondi
Gail Harvey
Richard Kelly
Joyce King
Cal Kohne
James Kohne
Keith Large
Richard Levinson
William Link
Michael Lotosky
Lynn Mackay
Marlee Novak
Harald Ortenburger
Wendy Partridge
Otto Penzler
Dorothy Precious
Deborah Ross
Monty Rowan
Arthur B. Rubinstein
Robert Schechter
Susan Scheiner
Steve Shewchuk
Steven Hilliard Stern
Rae Thurston
Abby Treloggen
Rit Wallis
Bryon White
Trevor Williams
Elaine Yarish
Michael Zenon
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States July 28, 1985
The film was originally telecast minus the last half-hour, and Showtime subscribers were invited to submit the solution to the mystery as part of a contest. The completed film was then telecast on September 14, 1985.
