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Battlestar Galactica: Season 1

Battlestar Galactica: Season 1

Universal Studios (1978)
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
USA / English / Color / 565 min
7.2

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Cast View More ↓
Dirk Benedict Lt. Starbuck
Lorne Greene Cmdr. Adama
Richard Hatch Capt. Apollo
Lew Ayres President Adar
Ray Milland Sire Uri
Jane Seymour Serina
John Colicos Count Baltar
Noah Hathaway Boxey
Maren Jensen Athena
Laurette Spang Cassiopeia
Tony Swartz Sgt. Jolly
Herb Jefferson Jr. Lt. Boomer
Terry Carter Col. Tigh
Wilfrid Hyde-White Sire Anton
John Fink Dr. Paye
Ed Begley Jr. Ens. Greenbean
Rick Springfield Lt. Zac
Anne Lockhart Sheba
Norman Stuart Statesman
David Greenan Bridge Officer Omega
Sarah Rush Flight Cpl. Rigel
David Matthau Operative
Paul Coufos Pilot
Crew View More ↓
Director Michael Rymer, Richard A. Colla, Rod Holcomb, Alan J. Levi, Winrich Kolbe, Vince Edwards, Sigmund Neufeld Jr., Christian I. Nyby II
Writer Ronald D. Moore, John Ireland, Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jim Carlson, Frank Lupo, Ken Pettus, Terrence McDonnell
Producer Leslie Stevens, John Dykstra, Donald P. Bellisario, David J. O'Connell
Photography Ben Colman, Enzo A. Martinelli, H. John Penner, Frank Thackery
Musician Glen A. Larson, Stu Phillips
Trailer
Plot
The men and women of the city-size Battlestar Galactica -- fleeing the destruction of the human race on a distant planet and hoping to take refuge on Earth -- face a final showdown with the Cylon warriors. This 1979 theatrical release combines the original 1978 TV series pilot (the most expensive history at the time) with elements from later episodes. The special effects by John Dykstra (of Star Wars fame) were also cutting edge for 1970s TV.
Episodes
1
Saga of a Star World (1)
60 min 1978-09-17
The Cylon Empire tricks the Twelve Colonies into believing they are striving for peace. Then they ambush the unprepared colonies and destroy the military's Battlestar fleet. One surviving Battlestar, the Galactica, under the command of Commander Adama, gathers the remaining humans and leads them in the search for the legendary 13th colony called Earth.
Director: Richard Colla
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Ray Milland, Lew Ayres, Rick Springfield, David Matthau, Chip Johnson, Geoffrey Binney, Paul Coufos, Bruce Wright, Patti Brooks, Carol Baxter, Sandy Gimpel
2
Saga of a Star World (2)
60 min 1978-09-17
When the fleet stops at the planet Carillon to refuel and pick up supplies, a newly-elected member of the Council seizes power from Commander Adama. Boomer and Starbuck check out a shady casino resort on the planet.
Director: Richard Colla
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Ray Milland, Wilfrid Hyde-White, John Fink, Randi Oakes, David Matthau, Chip Johnson, Geoffrey Binney, Paul Coufos, Bruce Wright, Patti Brooks, Carol Baxter, Sandy Gimpel, John Dullaghan
3
Saga of a Star World (3)
60 min 1978-09-17
While most of the crew members from Galactica enjoy themselves in the casino, Apollo and Starbuck discover a dark secret in the mines below.
Director: Richard Colla
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Matthau, Chip Johnson, Geoffrey Binney, Paul Coufos, Bruce Wright, Patti Brooks, Carol Baxter, Sandy Gimpel
4
The Lost Planet of the Gods (1)
60 min 1978-09-24
Apollo and Starbuck discover a void in space. Commander Adama is convinced that this void will lead them to the planet Kobol, and orders they go through.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Sheila DeWindt, Bruce Wright, Leann Hunley, Jennifer Joseph, Gay Thomas, Janet Lynn Curtis, Paul Coufos, George Murdock, Janet Julian
5
The Lost Planet of the Gods (2)
60 min 1978-10-01
While Commander Adama leads the rag-tag fleet of ships to the planet Kobol, where he hopes to find clues of Earth's location, the Viper pilots contract a disease, making it necessary for the women to take on fighter patrol duties. But the traitor Baltar leads the Cylons in an attack on the Galactica.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Sheila DeWindt, Bruce Wright, Leann Hunley, Jennifer Joseph, Gay Thomas, Janet Lynn Curtis, Paul Coufos, George Murdock, Janet Julian
6
The Lost Warrior
60 min 1978-10-08
Apollo is marooned on a Western Frontier-like planet, where he meets a woman and her son ... and a damaged Cylon, known as Red Eye, who has become a notorious gunslinger.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario, Herman Groves
Guest starring: John Timko, Rex Cutter, Lance LeGault, Claude Earl Jones, Katherine Cannon, Red West, Carol Baxter, Jay Donohue, Larry Manetti, Mary Kaye Mars
7
The Long Patrol
60 min 1978-10-15
Starbuck is assigned to test a new ultra-fast, but unarmed, Viper with a talking computer named CORA; but when he meets a bootlegger, who steals the Viper, Starbuck finds himself arrested by the Galactic Police of a prison planet.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Guest starring: Ted Gehring, Arlene Martel, Sean McClory, Cathy Paine, John Holland, Nancy DeCarl, Ian Abercrombie, Robert Hathaway, James Whitmore Jr.
8
The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (1)
60 min 1978-10-22
Baltar attempts to lure Galactica into range of a gigantic pulsar cannon. Adama becomes aware of the trap and sends in a team of commandos to destroy it.
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: Leslie Stevens, Donald P. Bellisario, Michael Sloan
Guest starring: Roy Thinnes, James Olson, Christine Belford, Richard Lynch, Denny Miller, Britt Ekland, Alan Stock, Curtis Credel, Jeff MacKay, Larry Cedar, Alex Hyde-White, Patrick Milholland, Walt Davis, Larry Manetti
9
The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (2)
60 min 1978-10-29
Apollo and Starbuck lead a group of convicts on a possible suicide mission to destroy the cannon, which is located on an icy planet.
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: Leslie Stevens, Donald P. Bellisario, Michael Sloan
Guest starring: Roy Thinnes, James Olson, Christine Belford, Richard Lynch, Denny Miller, Britt Ekland, Alan Stock, Curtis Credel, Jeff MacKay, Alex Hyde-White, Patrick Milholland, Walt Davis, Dan O'Herlihy, Larry Manetti
10
The Magnificent Warriors
60 min 1978-11-12
When a Cylon attack destroys most of the fleet's food supply, the Galactica must trade equipment for grain on a rural planet plagued by the Borays, a group of pig-like marauders.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Barry Nelson, Brett Somers, Eric Server, Dennis Fimple, Olan Soule, Rance Howard, Ben Frommer
11
The Young Lords
60 min 1978-11-19
Starbuck crashes on the planet Trillion, where the Cylons have destroyed all the humans except for a band of children, who have become warriors to save their enslaved father.
Director: Donald P. Bellisario
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario, Frank Lupo, Paul Playton
Guest starring: Charles Bloom, Bruce Glover, Audrey Landers, Adam Man, Brigitte Muller, Jonathan B. Woodward, Adam Mann, Jonathan Harris
12
The Living Legend (1)
60 min 1978-11-26
While on patrol, Apollo and Starbuck encounter the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus, commanded by the living legend, Commander Cain.
Director: Glen A. Larson, Vince Edwards, Ken Pettus
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Rod Haase, Junero Jennings, Ted Hamaguchi, Lloyd Bridges, Jack Stauffer
13
The Living Legend (2)
60 min 1978-12-03
The brash Commander Cain insists that the Galactica join in on a frontal attack on the Cylons -- an attack that Adama believes would be a suicide mission.
Director: Glen A. Larson, Vince Edwards, Ken Pettus
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Rod Haase, Junero Jennings, Ted Hamaguchi, Lloyd Bridges, Jack Stauffer
14
Fire in Space
60 min 1978-12-17
A Cylon kamikaze attack leaves the Galactica burning in space, with no way to extinguish the blaze that has trapped Boomer, Athena, and Boxey except a dangerous spacewalk by Apollo and Starbuck.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell
Guest starring: Jeff McKay, William Bryant, Jeff MacKay
15
War of the Gods (1)
60 min 1979-01-14
While the fleet is plagued by glowing lights that constantly fly past them too fast to be followed, Apollo, Starbuck, and Sheba find the remains of a shipwreck, with a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful being named Count Iblis, who helps them capture Baltar.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Leann Hunley, John Williams, Kirk Alyn, Paula Victor, Paul Coufos, Chip Johnson, Bruce Wright, Olan Soule, Patrick Macnee, Janet Julian, Jack Stauffer
16
War of the Gods (2)
60 min 1979-01-21
While the fleet is plagued by glowing lights that constantly fly past them too fast to be followed, Apollo, Starbuck, and Sheba find the remains of a shipwreck, with a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful being named Count Iblis, who helps them capture Baltar.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Leann Hunley, John Williams, Patrick Macnee
17
The Man with Nine Lives
60 min 1979-01-28
An old con man known as Chameleon meets Starbuck and convinces him that he may be Starbuck's father, to gain Starbuck's help in evading a trio of bloodthirsty Borellians who are after him in revenge for another con.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Guest starring: Anthony De Longis, Robert Feero, Anne Jeffreys, Lance LeGault, Dan Barton, Patricia Stich, John Holland, Leann Hunley, Bruce Wroght, Ted Parker, Alex Hyde-White, Lynn Halpern, Pamela Susan Shoop, Fred Astaire
18
Murder on the Rising Star
60 min 1979-02-18
When Starbuck's rival in the popular sporting event is found murders, all the evidence points to Starbuck; and Apollo is about the only person who believes in Starbuck's innocence.
Director: Rod Holcomb, Michael Sloan
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario, Terrence McDonnell, James Carlson
Guest starring: Brock Peters, Patricia Stich, W.K. Stratton, Jeff McKay, Ben Frank, Jeff MacKay, Newell Alexander, Ted Parker, Ted Noobe, Paul LeClair, Frank Ashmore, Lyman Ward
19
Greetings from Earth (1)
60 min 1979-02-25
When Apollo and Starbuck find a primitive sleeper ship carrying a man, a woman, and four children, speculation spreads in the fleet that the people are from Earth.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Glen A. Larson
20
Greetings from Earth (2)
60 min 1979-02-25
When Apollo and Starbuck find a primitive sleeper ship carrying a man, a woman, and four children, the inhabitants reveal that they are from Terra, an Earth-like planet at war with the evil Eastern Alliance.
Director: Ahmet Lateef
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Ray Bolger, Randolph Mantooth, Kelly Harmon, Murray Matheson, Lesley Woods, Frank Marth, Curt Lowens, Lloyd Bochner, Bobby Van, Gary Vinson, Alex Rodine, Lester Fletcher, Michelle Larson, Gillian Greene, Eric Larson, Kimberly Woodward, David G. Larson, Donald Mantooth
21
Baltar's Escape
60 min 1979-03-11
When Baltar plans his escape with the help of the three Borellians and the Eastern Alliance Enforcers, members of the Council of Twelve are taken hostage, and Adama must give in to the escapees' demands.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Guest starring: Lloyd Bochner, Ina Balin, Anthony De Longis, Robert Feero, John Hoyt, Lance LeGault, John Dullaghan, Paul LeClair, Paul Tinder, Mitchell Reta, Ron Kelly, Bruce Wright
22
Experiment in Terra
60 min 1979-03-18
Apollo and Starbuck follow the escaped Eastern Alliance ship back to Terra, where they help the Terrans overcome a nuclear holocaust, with the help of the race of white lights that had earlier helped them defeat Count Iblis.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Guest starring: Melody Anderson, Logan Ramsey, Edward Mulhare, Nehemiah Persoff, Peter MacLean, Milt Janin, Russ Marin, John de Lancie, Jordan Rhodes, Kenneth Lynch, Sidney Clute, Ken Swofford, John MacLean
23
Take the Celestra
60 min 1979-04-01
Starbuck runs in to his long-lost love, Aurora, who is involved with a group trying to free the passenger ship Celestra from its supposedly dictatorial captain.
Director: Daniel Haller, Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell, David G. Phinney, David S. Arthur
Writer: Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell
Guest starring: Ana Alicia, Paul Fix, Nick Holt, Randy Stumpf, Robert Murvin, Ted Hamaguchi, Michael Horsley, James R. Parkes, Richard Styles
24
The Hand of God
60 min 1979-04-29
Rather than continue fleeing from their enemies, the crew of the Galactica commences an all-out attack on a Cylon base.
Director: Donald P. Bellisario
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Guest starring: David Greenan
Editions
Barcode Format Region Release Edition
025192488627 1 2004-02-10 Special Edition
025192307126 1 2003-10-21 Special Edition
5050582113686 2 2003-01-12 Complete Series
5050582108811 2 2004-01-12 Box Set
5050582108828 2 2004-09-21
5050582108842 2 2003-12-04 Limited Edition
5050582113624 4 2004-00-00
096898023535 1 1992-03-01