Robert Lansing stars as Commander Douglas Stansfield, who has been selected to go on a solo deep space mission that will last about 40 years. He will be in suspended animation most of the time, but the authorities believe it best that a single man with no ties is the best candidate. As fate would have it, Stansfield falls deeply in love with a woman named Sandra Horn(played by Mariette Hartley). This complicates his mission emotionally, but both think they have found a solution to the age differential problem, but sadly they didn't check with each other first... Two fine performances by the leads highlight this most tragic and ironic star-crossed love story, even if it feels contrived.
Review of The Long Morrow
