# Hangar 18 (1980)

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**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
**Directed by**: James L. Conway
**Written by**: Ken Pettus, James L. Conway, Thomas C. Chapman
**Starring**: Darren McGavin, Gary Collins, Robert Vaughn, James Hampton, Philip Abbott, Joseph Campanella

> *It started with an accident in space . . . and led to the terrifying secret in . . . HANGAR 18*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Desert wind howls through barbed wire at dusk.  
A scorched spacecraft vanishes into a windowless hangar while astronauts scrub blood from their suits.  
Like a Cold War parable ghostwritten by X-Files engineers.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, paranoid

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