Sean Connery
Marshal William T. O'Niel
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Outland is a 1981 science fiction thriller film written and directed by Peter Hyams and starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle and Frances Sternhagen. Set on Jupiter 's moon Io , it has been described as a space Western [5] and bears narrative and thematic resemblances to the 1952 film High Noon .
- $18 million (estimated)
- Richard A. Roth, Stanley O'Toole
May 22, 1981 · Outland: Directed by Peter Hyams. With Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking. A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.
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- Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
- Peter Hyams
- 1981-05-22
Thriller about an honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, who is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though it may cost him his life. After his ...
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- Peter Hyams
- R
- Sean Connery
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Set in the distant future, Federal Marshal William T. O'Niel (Sean Connery), is assigned to a one-year tour of duty at Con Am 27, a titanium ore mining outpost on Jupiter's third moon Io (pronounced "eye-oh"), a volcanic moon about 2,275 miles in diameter and located 275,000 miles from Jupiter's gas surface.
Outland is a 1981 science fictionthriller film written and directed by Peter Hyams and starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, and Frances Sternhagen . Set on Jupiter 's moon Io, it has been described as a space Western, [5] and bears thematic resemblances to the 1952 film High Noon. [6] [7] Contents. 1Plot. 2Cast. 3Production. 3.1Development.
Overview. An honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though it may cost him his life. After his wife angrily deserts him, he waits alone for the arrival of killers hired by the company to eliminate him. Peter Hyams. Social.
When Federal Marshal William O'Niel is assigned to a titanium ore mining outpost on Jupiter’s moon Io, he is soon witness to a series of miners suffering from psychotic attacks that cause them to commit suicide. Setting out to discover why, he soon finds himself caught up a corporate conspiracy.
