Outland (film)

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Outland

original film poster
Directed by Peter Hyams
Produced by Richard A. Roth
Written by Peter Hyams
Starring Sean Connery
Peter Boyle
Frances Sternhagen
James Sikking
Kika Markham
Clarke Peters
Steven Berkoff
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Release date(s) May 22 1981 (U.S. release)
Running time 109 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

Outland is a 1981 science fiction movie starring Sean Connery. It has been described as space Western, that is, a Western set in the future, with a nod towards High Noon.

Sheppard (Peter Boyle), the manager of a mining colony on Io, a moon of Jupiter, is part of a drug smuggling ring that supplies an amphetamine called "polydichloric euthimal" to the miners to maintain high production levels. Unfortunately, with sustained use, the drug causes hallucinations and psychotic behavior, resulting in several fatal accidents. The new federal marshal, O'Niel (Connery), investigates and uncovers the smuggling ring. O'Niel confronts Sheppard, but the manager says that nobody else wants the drug shipments stopped. Several assassins are brought in to murder the marshal. With the sole help of the station doctor (Frances Sternhagen), O'Niel engages in a desperate kill-or-be-killed chase through the colony.

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