disgruntle former scientist with nasa be bring back to the fold after a comet wrench out of orbit by jupiter gravitational pull . collides with an asteroid in space and send a chunk of rock five mile wide head straight for earth . disaster flick from american international look fairly convince and if youre not too demand . the heated exchange between the scientist and the general be wear and but at least the sub plot regard the stubborn russian give u tongue in cheek brian keith a an astrophysicist and natalie wood a his assistant and translator and both speak perfect russian . the dialogue be almost as overwrought a laurence rosenthal score and which would be entertainingly cheesy be it not so repetitive and intrusive . direct by ronald neame and he of the poseidon adventure and and an apparent victim of director typecasting . the scientific rhetoric leave itself open for logical criticism and and when the small meteorite hit asia and the alp and we be treat to some very tacky archival and stock footage . pretty depress overall and with sean connery look uneasy and henry fonda insert here and there a the u. s. president . from .