The Fifth Missile

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1986 Italian TV series or program

The Fifth Missile

Genre| Drama
Thriller
Based on| The Gold Crew
by Frank M. Robinson
and Thomas N. Scortia
Written by| Eric Bercovici
Directed by| Larry Peerce
Starring| Robert Conrad
Sam Waterston
David Soul
Richard Roundtree
Jonathan Banks
Yvette Mimieux
Music by| Pino Donaggio
Country of origin| Italy
United States
Original language| English
Production
Executive producer| Eric Bercovici
Producers| Arthur Fellows
Frederick Muller (associate producer)
Production locations| Malta
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Cinematography| Cristiano Pogany
Editors| Maureen O'Connell
Jack Tucker
Running time| 150 minutes
Production companies| Bercovici/St.Johns Productions
Cinecittà
MGM/UA Television
Release
Original network| NBC
Original release|

* February 23, 1986 (1986-02-23) (U.S.)

The Fifth Missile is a 1986 television movie starring Robert Conrad, Sam Waterston and David Soul about an American ballistic missile submarine, based on the novel The Gold Crew by Frank M. Robinson and Thomas N. Scortia. With the exception of Cmdr. Van Meer, the ship's crew goes slowly insane due to exposure to paint chemicals onboard and believes a missile test exercise is, in fact, nuclear war. It explores the inability of U.S. command structures to control and prevent rogue submarine officers from launching ballistic missiles.

## Cast[edit]

* Robert Conrad – Cmdr. Mark Van Meer
* Sam Waterston – Capt. Allard Renslow
* Richard Roundtree – Cmdr. Frederick Bryce
* Jonathan Banks – Ray Olson
* Art LaFleur – "Animal" Meslinsky
* Dennis Holahan – Warden
* Sergio Fantoni – Pietro
* Yvette Mimieux – Cheryl Leary
* David Soul – Capt. Kevin Harris
* Ed Bishop – Admiral Stewart Cullinane
* William Berger – Dr. Strickland

## External links[edit]

* The Fifth Missile at IMDb
* The Fifth Missile at AllMovie

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Films directed by Larry Peerce

* One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
* The Big T.N.T. Show (1966)
* The Incident (1967)
* Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
* The Sporting Club (1971)
* A Separate Peace (1972)
* Ash Wednesday (1973)
* The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
* The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
* Two-Minute Warning (1976)
* The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978)
* The Bell Jar (1979)
* Why Would I Lie? (1980)
* Love Child (1982)
* Hard to Hold (1984)
* The Fifth Missile (1986)
* Wired (1989)
* The Neon Empire (1989)
* The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
* Child of Rage (1992)
* A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994)
* Christmas Every Day (1996)
* A Secret Life (1999)

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