A Fire in the Sky poster

Movie · 1978

A Fire in the Sky

Released 26 November 1978 More from 1978 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
John Larch
as Johnson
64
Bill Williams
as Dale Turner
63
Diana Douglas
as Mrs. Rearden
55
Lloyd Bochner
as Paul Gilliam
54
Andrew Duggan
as The President
54
Nicolas Coster
as The Governor
43
Marj Dusay
as Ellen Gilliam
42
William Bogert
as Wayne Lustus
42
Al White
as Sgt. Lockett
36
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
28years between the oldest and youngest billed
64John Larch — oldest on the call sheet
36Al White — youngest billed
50average age of the credited cast
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