Murder in Space
| Murder in Space | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Wesley Ferguson |
| Starring | Michael Ironside Wilford Brimley Martin Balsam Damir Andrei Tom Butler Wendy Crewson Scot Denton Peter Dvorsky Leo Ilial Alan Jordan Jan Rubes Cathie Shirriff Kate Trotter Nerene Virgin Alberta Watson |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 95 Minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | July 28 1985 |
Murder in Space is set in the near future and is a murder mystery. The crew of an international space mission are on the return leg from Mars to Earth when and explosion occurs on the craft Conestoga, shortly after the murders start. The crew of the returning craft are forbidden to return until the murderer is caught.
On its premier in the the film was shown initially without the ending and a competition was set for the viewers to solve the mystery who the Murderer was. The conclusion of the film was shown several days later, with the contestants eliminated one by one until the winner who correctly identified the Killer or Killers.
The Twist in Murder in space was that there was more than one Murderer, some of which were not on board.
Conestoga Crew
| Actor | Character | Rank | Murdered | How | Killers Motive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ironside | Neil Braddock | Captain | No | ||
| Cathie Shirriff | Olga Denarenko | Yes | Pregnant with other crew members child. | ||
| Damir Andrei | Alexander Kalsinov | Colonel | Yes | ||
| Timothy Webber | Guy Sterling | Yes | Cyanide Posioning | ||
| Tom Butler | Kurt Steiner | Major | Yes | Strangled | |
| Leo Ilial | Phillipe Berdoux | Doctor | |||
| Scot Denton | David Tremayne | Navigator |
Other Cast Members
Other cast members were made up of Reporters, wives & husbands, mission control staff or additional Russian characters.
| Name | Rank or Part | Played by |
|---|---|---|
| Vice President | Arthur Hill | |
| Dr. Andrew McCallister | Wilford Brimley | |
| Dinah Greenberg | Secretary to McCallister | Gloria Carlin |
| Jeffrey Kilbride | Reporter | Alan Jordan |
| Mitch Carlino | Peter Dvorsky | |
| Alexander Rostov | Russian Politian | Martin Balsam |
| Dr. Margaret Leigh | Doctor | Nerene Virgin |
| Giorgi Denerenko | Jan Rubes | |
| Irene Tremayne | Wife of Astronaut David Tremayne | Wendy Crewson |
Prize Money
- USA
- UK - £10000
Book
A novel also called "Murder in space" published by Penguin was produced around the same time, with th last page of the book was an entry form for the competition to solve the crime.
ISBN 0-14-008370-7 Publisher Penguin