First Encounter

3.6 (5 votes)• 1997• 90m•Released

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The Earthship ISS Galant Fox, while heading back home to earth, encounters an alien spacecraft adrift in deep space. When efforts to establish communication fail, the crew boards the mysterious ship. Their discovery of it's inhabitants, a crew of alien creatures locked in a defective suspended animation system, sparks fierce disagreements among the crew over whether or not to resuscitate the aliens.

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Languages: English

Director: Redge Mahaffey

Starring Cast: Roddy Piper, Trevor Goddard, Stacie Randall, Holly Fields, Veronica Bird, Gage Sheridan

Cast

Roddy Piper

Lieutenant Edward Ganz

Trevor Goddard

Captain Ramsey Travis

Stacie Randall

Commander Morgan Lopez

Holly Fields

Lieutenant Rebecca Poole

Veronica Bird

Lieutenant Maria Souza

Gage Sheridan

Lieutenant Commander Linda Benson

Redge Mahaffey

Lieutenant Commander "Doc" MacFee

A.T. Smith

President Ryan

Nancy Daly

Baba Moore

Liz Noone

Dr. Greene

Tara-Beth Conolly

TV Reporter

Michael Davis

Chief Wilson

Thomas Willeford

Reporter

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