The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.

Maximilian Schell
as Dr. Hans Reinhardt

Anthony Perkins
as Dr. Alex Durant

Robert Forster
as Captain Dan Holland

Joseph Bottoms
as Lieutenant Charles Pizer

Yvette Mimieux
as Dr. Kate McCrae

Ernest Borgnine
as Harry Booth

Tom McLoughlin
as Captain S.T.A.R.

Roddy McDowall
as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)

Slim Pickens
as B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)

Gary Nelson
as Drone with Mask Removed (uncredited)
CinemaSerf
A little like the "Godi" in "Island at the Top of the World" I vividly recall the first time that I set eyes on "Maximilian" the menacing robot in this far darker Disney film from 1979. The "Palomino" discovers the long lost "Cygnus" on the precipice of a black hole and they board her. Once there, t...