Firefox

...the most devastating killing machine ever built... his job... steal it!

6.0
19822h 16m

The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

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Theatrical Trailer

Thumbnail for video: Stealing the Soviet MiG-31 Fighter Jet

Stealing the Soviet MiG-31 Fighter Jet

Thumbnail for video: Firefox (1982) 35mm film teaser trailer, flat open matte, 2160p

Firefox (1982) 35mm film teaser trailer, flat open matte, 2160p

Thumbnail for video: Firefox trailer [1982]

Firefox trailer [1982]

Cast

Photo of Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Mitchell Gant

Photo of Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

Kenneth Aubrey

Photo of David Huffman

David Huffman

Captain Buckholz

Photo of Warren Clarke

Warren Clarke

Pavel Upenskoy

Photo of Ronald Lacey

Ronald Lacey

Semelovsky

Photo of Kenneth Colley

Kenneth Colley

Colonel Kontarsky

Photo of Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

General Vladimirov

Photo of Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

Pyotr Baranovich

Photo of Stefan Schnabel

Stefan Schnabel

First Secretary

Photo of Thomas Hill

Thomas Hill

General Brown

Photo of Clive Merrison

Clive Merrison

Major Lanyev

Photo of Kai Wulff

Kai Wulff

Lt. Colonel Voskov

Photo of Michael Currie

Michael Currie

Captain Seerbacker

Photo of James Staley

James Staley

Lt. Commander Fleischer

Photo of Ward Costello

Ward Costello

General Rogers

Photo of Alan Tilvern

Alan Tilvern

Air Marshal Kutuzov

Photo of Oliver Cotton

Oliver Cotton

Dmitri Priabin

Photo of Bernard Behrens

Bernard Behrens

William Saltonstall

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Reviews

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r96sk

7/10

Just good, nothing more unfortunately.

'Firefox' should be a much more entertaining and engrossing flick from 1982, but it's kinda just... there. Like, it's watchable but it really didn't do anything more for me. The 136 minute run time is a little overlong perhaps, but then if the aforementioned entertainment was there then that'd be a fine length for it to be honest.

As for the cast: Clint Eastwood is solid, though the rest of the them are a little forgettable - Warren Clarke is alright, I guess. Also, and I only noticed when skimming through the credits online, apparently John Ratzenberger is in this!

I do believe this is the first time we've seen Eastwood in a fighter jet since 1955's 'Tarantula', one for all you fact fans out there. Elsewhere, the special effects have not aged well at all - I can forgive that, admittedly.

It might not be a must-watch, yet I'd say it's worth a sit through once.

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