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Firefox
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
- Alan Tilvern
- Clint Eastwood
- Clive Merrison
- Curt Lowens
- David Gant
- David Huffman
- Dimitra Arliss
- Eugene Lipinski
- Freddie Jones
- Fritz Manes
- Hugh Fraser
- John Ratzenberger
- Kai Wulff
- Kenneth Colley
- Klaus Löwitsch
- Michael Currie
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Richard Derr
- Ronald Lacey
- Rudolf Waldemar Brem
- Stefan Schnabel
- Thomas Hill
- Warren Clarke
- Wolf Kahler
- Woody Eney
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 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 |