Countdown (1967 film)

Countdown
Directed by	Robert Altman
Screenplay by	Loring Mandel
Based on	The Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls
Produced by	William Conrad
Starring	James Caan Joanna Moore Robert Duvall Barbara Baxley Michael Murphy Ted Knight
Cinematography	William W. Spencer
Edited by	Gene Milford
Music by	Leonard Rosenman
Production company	A William Conrad Production
Distributed by	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release dates	August 20, 1967 (1967-08-20) (UK) May 1, 1968 (1968-05-01) (USA)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Countdown is a 1967 science fiction film directed by Robert Altman, based on the 1964 novel The Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls. The film stars James Caan and Robert Duvall as astronauts vying to be the first American to walk on the Moon as part of an accelerated program to beat the Soviet Union.