Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Capricorn One is a movie about a Mars landing hoax. It was released in 1978 and directed by Peter Hyams. Table of contents 1 The plot 2 Cast 3 External link The plot When NASA realizes that they are unable to send a manned space ship to Mars they try to fake it. When the space ship is leaving Earth, all onboard are taken to an old U.S. Army base somewhere in the United States. They are forced to fake the trip and landing on Mars over some months. At the same time a journalist is getting suspicious and every clue he uncovers seems to result in an attempt on his life. When they are just about to splash down on Earth everything goes wrong. This movie did increase the interest in Apollo moon landing hoax accusations. Cast Elliott Gould as Robert Caulfield James Brolin as Commander Charles Brubaker Sam Waterston as Lieutenant Colonel Peter Willis O. J. Simpson as Commander John Walker Hal Holbrook as Dr. James Kelloway External link The Internet Movie Database entry on Capricorn One This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.