Overview
Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
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Crew
DirectorRobert Wise
WriterNelson Gidding
Cast
George C. Scott
Col. Franz Ritter
Anne Bancroft
Ursula
William Atherton
Boerth
Roy Thinnes
Martin Vogel
Gig Young
Edward Douglas
Burgess Meredith
Emilio Pajetta
Charles Durning
Captain Pruss
Richard Dysart
Lehman
Robert Clary
Joe Spah
René Auberjonois
Major Napier
Peter Donat
Reed Channing
Alan Oppenheimer
Albert Breslau
Katherine Helmond
Mrs. Mildred Breslau
Joanna Moore
Mrs. Channing
Stephen Elliott
Captain Fellows
Joe Di Reda
Schulz
Jan Merlin
Speck
Betsy Jones-Moreland
Stewardess Imhoff
Curt Lowens
Elevator Man Felber
Kip Niven
Lt. Truscott
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Keywords
based on true storyairshiptragic eventhistorical eventhindenburgdirigibleaviation disasterair disaster
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Budget
$15M
TMDb Votes
151
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026