Firefox
1982 · Movie · PG · 136 min · ★ 6.1 · 41% critics
The Soviets develop a revolutionary jet fighter, rumored to be undetectable by radar and suited for a first strike. To prevent this, the British recruit a burned-out ex–Vietnam War pilot for a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.
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Details
- Years
- 1982
- Release date
- 1982-06-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Critic score
- 41/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (620 votes)
- Box office
- $46,708,276
- Budget
- $21,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this Cold War spy thriller if you like grounded infiltration tension and high-stakes jet intrigue; Not for you if you only want modern blockbuster action or are very sensitive to dated, unrealistic effects like in Gemini Man.
Pros: tense Cold War espionage; strong lead performance; inventive jet premise | Cons: dated flight effects; slow second-half drag; uneven supporting standout
Themes
- based on novel or book
- flying
- assault
- pilot
- kgb
- kampfjet
- fake identity
- fighter jet
Cast & crew
Clint Eastwood
as Mitchell Gant
Freddie Jones
as Kenneth Aubrey
David Huffman
as Captain Buckholz
Warren Clarke
as Pavel Upenskoy
Ronald Lacey
as Semelovsky
Kenneth Colley
as Colonel Kontarsky
Klaus Löwitsch
as General Vladimirov
Nigel Hawthorne
as Pyotr Baranovich
Stefan Schnabel
as First Secretary
Thomas Hill
as General Brown
Directed by Clint Eastwood