Details

Release year: 1978

Storyline

Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but no one believes them.

Top credits

Directors

Jerry Jameson

Writers

Cast

Richard Crenna — Jason Voight
Elizabeth Ashley — Sharon Allan
David Dukes — David Allan
Joanna Miles — Jennifer Dreiser

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Awards

0 wins & 2 nominations

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Did you know

• The TV station in the movie, KTAR-TV, is the real life NBC affiliate for Phoenix, now known as KPNX.

• Confusingly, this movie about an object from space (a comet) landing in Arizona, is completely unrelated to the near-identically-titled Fire in the Sky (1993), which is also about an object from space (a UFO/alien craft) landing in Arizona; The 1993 film is based on the noted, real-life alien abductee claim made by Travis Walton of Snowflake Arizona, which happened in 1975. However, the 1978 TV movie is totally separated to the Walton case.

• Based on a novel written by Walter Kendrick (1947-1998), a college academic who taught English at Fordham University.