Firefox 1982

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 120 min

genre: action

director: Clint Eastwood

Score: 5 / 10

Firefox is a 1982 American action techno-thriller film produced, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. It is based upon the 1977 novel of the same name by Craig Thomas.

Plot

A joint British-American plot is devised to steal a highly advanced Soviet fighter aircraft (MiG-31, NATO code name "Firefox") which is capable of Mach 6 (hypersonic flight), is invisible to radar, and carries weapons controlled by thought. Former United States Air Force Major Mitchell Gant, a Vietnam veteran, ex member of the Aggressor squadron and former prisoner of war, infiltrates the Soviet Union, aided by his ability to speak and think in Russian (due to him having had a Russian mother) and a network of Soviet dissidents, three of whom are key scientists working on the fighter itself. His goal is to steal the Firefox and fly it back to friendly territory for analysis.

Cast

More details

author	Craig Thomas Wendell Wellman
contentLocation	London
director	Clint Eastwood
editor	Ferris Webster
events	aviation
genre	action thriller
keywords	advanced aggressor squadron air base air force arctic ice pack bilyarsk brain–computer interface code name controlled by thought dogfight fire one former prisoner hypersonic flight ice pack invisible to radar kgb mach mach number mitchell gant prisoner of war russian russian language soviet soviet dissidents soviet union stealth aircraft vietnam veteran
musicBy	Maurice Jarre
producer	Clint Eastwood
productionCompany	Malpaso Productions
publisher	Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	Austria San Diego Vienna