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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 .
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
54% Tomatometer 28 Reviews 54% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Thriller about an honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, who is determined...
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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.
Oct 3, 2021 · It's High Noon in space in this ultra violent classic film review of Outland (1981) the 80's sci-fi action movie starring Sean Connery and directed by Peter ...
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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.
Sean Connery stars as Federal District Marshal William T. O'Niel, assigned to a mining outpost on the Jovian moon Io. The highly productive titanium mine seems to be the backwater of the universe, but the miners are killing each other in strangely psychotic ways.
