a5c7b9f00b A break-in and sabotage attempt occurs at a top secret research institute and the culprit is cornered and captured. The problem is that he&#39;s been badly injured and claims to have lost his memory entirely. A cat-and-mouse game ensues between investigator Tuxan, the mystery intruder Welles and the people who sent him on the mission. A government investigator tries to find out the truth behind the break-in at a top secret research facility. The Groundstar Conspiracy is your average spy thriller with George Peppardthe ruthless investigator from an unnamed government agency and Michael Sarrazina scientist who is the only survivor of a lab explosion at a top secret US space program called Groundstar. Peppard knows that Sarrazin is not who he says he is. But how did he get clearance in the place, what may or may not have been taken from the lab that the explosion covered up are the questions Peppard has answers for. Because Sarrazin&#39;s memory has been wiped clean.<br/><br/>The key character in The Groundstar Conspiracy is Pepparda ruthless government investigator, a man who could be J. Edgar Hoover if given half a chance. That title phrase comes from Peppard&#39;s mouth who would like to bug every bedroom in the country for security&#39;s sake, better to ferret out would be subversives.<br/><br/>Of course Peppard plugs up his security leak, but Sarrazin, freedom, and Sarrazin&#39;s freedom pay a price.<br/><br/>The Groundstar Conspiracy has some interesting notions to put forth, but the productions values are pretty skimpy. Christine Belforda woman that Peppard&#39;s using to keep tabs on Sarrazin has her role very poorly defined. The players do their best, but the film&#39;s general mediocrity weighs heavily on their work. A super secret space research plant is blown up with all its six responsible members of the team, but one manages to get out of the inferno alive, although there is not much left of him, least of all a face. The story of John Welles, played by Michael Sarrazin, is intriguing indeed,he finds himself without identity and memoryhe is returned to life by extreme surgical efforts supervised by George Peppardthe man in charge of the investigation of the disastrous sabotage. As Michael is the sole survivor and the only one left who could have known about the secrets of the plant and why it was blown up (for the purpose of selling its secrets abroad), George Peppard has every reason to be extremely concerned about his case and bringing not only the survivor back to life but also and above all his memory. This proves more or less impossible.<br/><br/>This is the beginning of the plot, which leads into an abyss of mysteries and thickening intrigue unto the very last moment, when everything clears. It&#39;s an ingenious story, and although the environment of the film is dreadful, bunker prisons of mammoth overwhelmingness, it is nevertheless highly recommendable, and there is Christine Belford to add some necessary softer touch to the dreadfulness and inhumanity, which unfortunately is the dominating element of the film; and when Michael finally gets even with George Peppard, even that infallible dictator must admit that he deserved it.
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