some of the lousy special effect imaginable be on display in this all star dud about a meteor spiral toward earth . the u and russia work in unison to try to stop it . the cast of act giant in this dreck be mind boggle . sean connery be the lead and the support cast include a particularly bad natalie wood a a russian interpreter and brian keith a a russian needing her service and karl malden and martin landau and and henry fonda ( prove again his chronic need to appear in all the really bad disaster movie of the 70 . rollercoaster and city on fire and tentacle ) . the director and ronald neame and be responsible for the classic posiedon adventure and but lightning do not strike twice with this waste of time .