Battle Beyond the Stars
A battle beyond time, beyond space.
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
- 5.3
- 1980
- Released
- 1h 44m
Richard Thomas
Shad
Robert Vaughn
Gelt
John Saxon
Sador
George Peppard
Cowboy
Darlanne Fluegel
Nanelia
Sybil Danning
St. Exmin
Sam Jaffe
Dr. Hephaestus
Jeff Corey
Zed
Morgan Woodward
Cayman
Marta Kristen
Lux
Julia Duffy
Mol
Earl Boen
Nestor 1
John Gowans
Nestor 2
Lynn Carlin
Nell
Lara Cody
Kelvin
Eric Morris
Fen
Kathy Griffin
Alien Extra (uncredited)
Released
en
$2,000,000.00
$11,000,000.00
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Reviews
**_Star Trek and Star Wars are met together (on a lower Corman budget)_** When the planet Akir is threatened by a galactic tyrant (John Saxon), a young man with no experience in warfare (Richard Thomas) ventures into space to enlist the aid of several mercenaries (George Peppard, Robert Vaughn, Morgan Woodward, etc.). "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980) meshes the space-oriented science-fiction
This looks every inch the low budget affair it actually was - but it almost comes off as a fairly engaging sci-fi rip off of the "Magnificent Seven" - complete, even, with Robert Vaughn! "John-Boy" himself, Richard Thomas ("Shad") lives on one of those simple, peaceful, planets threatened by a megalomanic with a big laser cannon (John Saxon) who demands their harvest. "Shad" decides to try and rus