The Stranger

Feb 26, 1973

1h 34m

★ 3.6

The planet he uncovered was a twin to Earth...but so ominously different!

Overview

An astronaut enters a vortex and crash-lands on a parallel planet where he's not welcome.

Genres

TV Movie

Science Fiction

Drama

Production Companies

Bing Crosby Productions

The Stranger Trailers

Cast

Neil Stryker

Glenn Corbett

George Benedict

Cameron Mitchell

Dr. Bettina Cooke

Sharon Acker

Prof. Dylan MacAuley

Lew Ayres

Max Greene

George Coulouris

Carl Webster

Dean Jagger

Henry Maitland

Steve Franken

Dr. Revere

Tim O'Connor

Steve Perry

Jerry Douglas

Mike Frome

Arch Whiting

Eric Stoner

H.M. Wynant

Truck Driver

William Bryant

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0.0

Letters from Frank

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When aging newspaper Editor Frank Miller is fired after decades of service and replaced by a computer, he cannot take this fate quietly. Frank becomes enraged and starts writing letters to his son, Richard, expressing his fury.

1.0

Deadly Choice

Jan 1, 1982

A doctor and his daughter find themselves on opposing sides of the controversial topic of abortion.

7.1

Terms of Endearment

Nov 20, 1983

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

5.3

Eolomea

Sep 21, 1972

Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days, and the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent. It’s down to science officer Maria Scholl to find out what happened to them.

5.6

The Astronaut's Wife

Aug 27, 1999

When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian, more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems to have changed, but her concerns fade when she discovers that she's pregnant. As Jillian grows closer to becoming a mother, her suspicions about Spencer return. Why does it seem as if he's a different person?

4.2

Solar Crisis

Aug 6, 1992

A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.

5.9

Solaris

Nov 27, 2002

A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.

0.0

Kiki’s Missing

Apr 1, 2025

An astronaut lands on the moon with a simple goal: to capture an alien. But things don't go as planned...

5.6

The Angry Red Planet

Nov 23, 1959

The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?

5.7

Red Planet

Nov 10, 2000

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

5.2

Species II

Apr 10, 1998

Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to procreate with human women! When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing half-alien offspring, scientist Laura Baker and hired assassin Press Lennox use Eve, a more tempered alien clone, to find Ross and his brood. Before long Eve escapes to mate with Ross.

6.8

Capricorn One

Dec 10, 1977

In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.

6.6

2010

Dec 6, 1984

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

0.0

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Oct 9, 2025

Every year, on the anniversary of their parents’ death, Cynthia, Bryce, and Miles gather at the family summer home to reminisce and have brunch at their parents’ favorite restaurant. But the siblings have never fully gotten along, and to make matters worse, Cynthia is in a financial rut this year. When she proposes to sell the summer house, Bryce pushes back with full force. The two turn to Miles for the deciding vote, but Miles doesn’t care all that much about the house: he is hung up on the fact that his longtime girlfriend, Gabby, recently left Thus, the weekend unfolds with the siblings’ relationships unravelling into dramatic, conflicted fever dreams of self-identity, broken bonds, and repressed love.

6.4

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Nov 6, 2005

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6.3

The Astronaut Farmer

Feb 23, 2007

Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to take into space. It's his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel, and the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan – but Charles is undeterred.