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Firefox
Firefox is a 1982 American action techno-thriller film produced, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood. The cast also includes Freddie Jones, Kenneth Colley, Warren Clarke, and Nigel Hawthorne. Based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Craig Thomas, Firefox is the only film appearance of Thomas' character Mitchell Gant. The film recounts Gant's mission to secretly enter the Soviet Union, hijack a cutting-edge fighter plane, and fly the aircraft back into American hands.
Plot
A joint British-American plan is devised to steal a highly advanced Soviet fighter aircraft—the MiG-31, NATO code name "Firefox"—which is capable of Mach 6 hypersonic flight, is invisible to radar, and carries weapons controlled by thought. Retired U.S. Air Force Major Mitchell Gant, an experienced pilot, Vietnam veteran, ex-member of the aggressor squadron, and former prisoner of war, is deemed well-suited for the task. Air Force Captain Buckholz makes an unannounced helicopter trip to Gant's home in Alaska and explains the mission.
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 test flight vietnam veteran |
| musicBy | Maurice Jarre |
| producer | Clint Eastwood |
| productionCompany | Malpaso Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Austria San Diego Vienna |