Firefox
...the most devastating killing machine ever built... his job... steal it!
1982 | 136m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Clint Eastwood |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Wendell Wellman, Alex Lasker, Craig Thomas |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 18, 1982 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Clint Eastwood |
| Writer: | Wendell Wellman, Alex Lasker, Craig Thomas |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Keywords | flying, based on novel or book, pilot, kgb, kampfjet, fake identity, assault, fighter jet |
| Production Companies | Malpaso Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $70,700,000
Budget: $18,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
![Firefox trailer [1982]](/extra_thumbs/59kcEzkRzFI.jpg)
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Clint Eastwood | Mitchell Gant |
| Freddie Jones | Kenneth Aubrey |
| David Huffman | Captain Buckholz |
| Warren Clarke | Pavel Upenskoy |
| Ronald Lacey | Semelovsky |
| Kenneth Colley | Colonel Kontarsky |
| Klaus Löwitsch | General Vladimirov |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Pyotr Baranovich |
| Stefan Schnabel | First Secretary |
| Thomas Hill | General Brown |
| Clive Merrison | Major Lanyev |
| Kai Wulff | Lt. Colonel Voskov |
| Dimitra Arliss | Natalia |
| Austin Willis | Walters |
| Michael Currie | Captain Seerbacker |
| James Staley | Lt. Commander Fleischer |
| Ward Costello | General Rogers |
| Alan Tilvern | Air Marshal Kutuzov |
| Oliver Cotton | Dmitri Priabin |
| Bernard Behrens | William Saltonstall |
| Richard Derr | Admiral Curtin |
| Woody Eney | Major Dietz |
| Bernard Erhard | KGB Guard |
| Hugh Fraser | Police Inspector Tortyev |
| David Gant | KGB Official |
| John Grillo | Customs Officer |
| Czeslaw Grocholski | Old Man |
| Neil Hunt | Richard Cunningham |
| Vincent J. Isaac | Sub Radio Operator |
| Alexei Jawdokimov | Code Operator |
| Wolf Kahler | KGB Chairman Andropov |
| Eugene Lipinski | KGB Agent |
| Curt Lowens | Dr. Schuller |
| Lev Mailer | Guard at Shower |
| Fritz Manes | Captain |
| David Meyers | Grosch |
| Alfredo Michelson | Interrogator |
| Zeno Nahayevsky | Officer at Plane |
| George Orrison | Leon Sprague |
| Tony Papenfuss | GRU Officer |
| Olivier Pierre | Borkh |
| Grigoriy Plotkin | GRU Officer |
| George Pravda | General Borov |
| John Ratzenberger | Chief Peck |
| Alex Rodine | Captain of the Riga |
| Lance Rosen | Agent |
| Gene Scherer | Russian Captain |
| Warwick Sims | Shelley |
| Malcolm Storry | KGB Agent |
| Chris Winfield | RAF Operator |
| John Yates | Admiral Pearson |
| Alexander Zale | Riga Fire Control Chief |
| Rudolf Waldemar Brem | KGB Agent (uncredited) |
| Larry Guardino | KGB Guard (uncredited) |
| Jeremy Coote | Russian Guard in Aircraft Hanger (uncredited) |
| Gideon Singer | KGB Agent (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mary Selway | Casting |
| Wendell Wellman | Screenplay |
| Ferris Webster | Editor |
| Marion Dougherty | Casting |
| Thomas Riccabona | Assistant Art Director |
| Glenn Wright | Costume Supervisor |
| Les Fresholtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Elayne Barbara Ceder | Art Direction |
| John R. Shannon | Still Photographer |
| Arthur Piantadosi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ron Spang | Editor |
| Alex Lasker | Screenplay |
| Craig Thomas | Novel |
| Beala Neel | Art Direction |
| Joe Acord | Construction Coordinator |
| Christina Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Robert G. Henderson | Sound Effects Editor |
| H. William Miller | Transportation Coordinator |
| Karl Baumgartner | Special Effects |
| John Graysmark | Art Direction |
| Marco Barla | Unit Publicist |
| Edward Aiona | Property Master |
| Ernie Bishop | Set Decoration |
| Rick Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Bub Asman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Donald Harris | Music Editor |
| Jack N. Green | Camera Operator |
| Chuck Gaspar | Special Effects |
| Michael Kelly | Visual Effects Editor |
| Michael Speaker | Scenic Artist |
| Steve Perry | Unit Production Manager |
| Dieter Meyer | Production Manager |
| Bruce Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Clint Eastwood | Director |
| Maurice Jarre | Original Music Composer |
| Alan Robert Murray | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lloyd Nelson | Script Supervisor |
| Fritz Manes | Unit Production Manager |
| John Davis | Best Boy Grip |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Fritz Manes | Executive Producer |
| Clint Eastwood | Producer |
| Paul Hitchcock | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 27 | 40 | 18 |
| 2024 | 5 | 26 | 35 | 16 |
| 2024 | 6 | 31 | 74 | 17 |
| 2024 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 23 | 41 | 16 |
| 2024 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 13 |
| 2024 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 19 | 43 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 10 |
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 32 | 12 |
| 2025 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 996 | 996 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 649 | 740 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 706 | 791 |
Just good, nothing more unfortunately. <em>'Firefox'</em> 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 afore ... mentioned 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 <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/tarantula/" rel="nofollow">Tarantula</a>'</em>, one for all you <em>fact fans</em> 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.