• Source: Return to Earth (film)

      • Return to Earth is an American biopic television film that originally aired on May 14, 1976 on ABC. The film stars Cliff Robertson as astronaut Buzz Aldrin and Shirley Knight as Joan Aldrin. Based upon Aldrin's 1973 book of the same name, the film dramatizes the emotional difficulties of Aldrin's life following his 1969 trip to the Moon on Apollo 11. The film was directed by Jud Taylor, and Aldrin served as a consultant.


      Plot


      Based upon his own book of his ordeals, the film is the story of Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, and the problems he had after the mission and his return to Earth, including the breakup of his marriage, his struggles with clinical depression and alcoholism, and his hospitalization for psychiatric problems.


      Cast


      Cliff Robertson as Col. Edwin E. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
      Shirley Knight as Joan Aldrin
      Charles Cioffi as Dr. Sam Mayhill
      Ralph Bellamy as Col. Edwin E. Aldrin
      Stefanie Powers as Marianne
      Kraig Metzinger as Andy Aldrin
      Alexandra Taylor as Jan Aldrin
      Tony Marks as Mike Aldrin
      Stephen Pearlman as Dr. Hotfield
      Stefan Gierasch as Al Davis
      Mark Roberts
      Lance Henriksen
      Conard Fowkes
      George D. Wallace
      Robert Karnes
      Davis Roberts
      Robert Williams
      Shelley Mitchell


      Production


      Robertson's casting was announced in September 1975.


      Reception


      The Los Angeles Times called it "decent, well acted, uninspired."


      References




      External links


      Return to Earth at IMDb

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