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Film / 1974
Airport 1975
Directed by
Jack Smight
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
The story
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
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Cast
Charlton HestonAlan Murdock
Karen BlackNancy Pryor
George KennedyJoe Patroni
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Captain Stacy
Susan ClarkHelen Patroni
Helen ReddySister Ruth
Linda BlairJanice Abbott
Dana AndrewsScott Freeman
Roy ThinnesUrias
Sid CaesarBarney
Myrna LoyMrs. Devaney
Ed NelsonMajor John Alexander
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Nancy OlsonMrs. Abbott
Larry StorchGlenn Purcell
Martha ScottSister Beatrice
Jerry StillerSam
Norman FellBill
Conrad JanisArnie
Beverly GarlandMrs. Scott Freeman
Linda HarrisonWinnie
Guy StockwellColonel Moss
Erik EstradaJulio
Kip NivenLt. Thatcher
Charles WhiteFat Man
Brian MorrisonJoseph Patroni, Jr.
Amy FarrellAmy
Irene TsuCarol
Ken SansomGary
Alan FudgeDanton
Christopher NorrisBette
Austin StokerAir Force Sergeant
John LuptonOringer
Gene Dynarski1st. Friend
Aldine KingAldine
Sharon GlessSharon
Laurette SpangArlene
Gloria SwansonGloria Swanson
Mary Margaret AmatoDiane (uncredited)
Selma ArcherdPassenger (uncredited)
David BakerRev. Bob Herron (uncredited)
Barbara BaldavinPassenger (uncredited)
Rochelle BalinPassenger (uncredited)
Ray BallardPassenger (uncredited)
Billy BeckFuneral Director (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett50th Anniversary Celebrant (uncredited)
Carol BrooksPassenger (uncredited)
David CarlileFred Fuller (uncredited)
Jolivett CatoPassenger (uncredited)
Diana ChesneyDiana (uncredited)
Ed ConnellyPilot (uncredited)
Edwin CookRock Singer (uncredited)
Natalie CoreFern (uncredited)
Joan CrosbyPassenger (uncredited)
Wade CrosbyAndy Birdson (uncredited)
Joyce CunningNeedlepoint Woman Passenger (uncredited)
Tom CurtisPassenger (uncredited)
Maria DianeDenise (uncredited)
Jim DrumPassenger (uncredited)
Lou FantNeedlepoint Woman's Husband (uncredited)
Cay ForesterMary Chilcutt (uncredited)
Susan FrenchViolet (uncredited)
John FurlongMr. Taylor (uncredited)
James W. GavinCorporate Jet Pilot (uncredited)
Ted GehringMechanic (uncredited)
Redmond GleesonPassenger (uncredited)
Virginia GreggLily (uncredited)
Bob HastingsFreeman's Friend at Airport (uncredited)
Monika HenreidNini Martin (uncredited)
Pitt HerbertPassenger (uncredited)
Tad HorinoPassenger (uncredited)
Robert ItoPassenger (uncredited)
Jeanne JoePassenger (uncredited)
Virginia VincentGina Arriba - Passenger (uncredited)
Lloyd KinoPassenger (uncredited)
Charles Seel50th Anniversary Celebrant - Passenger (uncredited)
George WynerHarry - Passenger That Sees the Oil Leak (uncredited)
Robert LussierHarleigh
Gene WashingtonSelf
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