A government investigator tries to find out the truth behind the break-in at a top secret research facility.A government investigator tries to find out the truth behind the break-in at a top secret research facility.A government investigator tries to find out the truth behind the break-in at a top secret research facility.
Anna Hagan
- Dr. Plover
- (as Anna Hagen)
Hagan Beggs
- Dr. Hager
- (as Hagen Beggs)
John Destry
- Sgt. Zabrinski
- (as John Destry Adams)
Don Granbery
- Technician
- (as Don Granberry)
- Director
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- TriviaSome scenes were shot at Simon Fraser University, at the top of Burnaby Mountain outside of Vancouver, BC. Although Vancouver attracts frequent film business today, in 1972 this film was a bit unusual for being shot in what would become known as "Hollywood North."
- GoofsIt is assumed that the saboteur has the secret data memorized in his brain, because he has seen it while copying it from a computer to tape reels. In reality, if you know what files you want, you can copy them on magnetic tape without studying their contents. This was also true in 1972.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits scroll in the opposite direction to the norm.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Lovelace (2013)
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When "Welles" (Michael Sarazin) is caught after an audacious break in to sabotage a top secret government lab, he claims to have been so traumatised by the whole experience and explosive aftermath that he cannot remember anything about who he is, or why his was there. That deduction falls to "Tuxan" (George Peppard) who sets about trying to help his quarry "remember" just who sent him and what their objective was. On the face of it, this is just another one of these standard television conspiracy thrillers, but there is quite a degree of mystery established by an on-form Sarazin and Peppard does rather better than usual as his gritty and hard nosed character starts to make us wonder just who is pulling the strings. Neither lead character are particularly likeable here and but for the occasional gentle interventions of Christine Belford's "Nicole", the whole thing builds to quite a dry and far-fetched enterprise that ran out of steam after the initial curiosity of the amnesiac scenario started to wear thin. It's watchable, but equally forgettable with a title that does it no favours at all.
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- Jan 26, 2024
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- Gross US & Canada
- $200,406
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972) officially released in India in English?
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