Overview
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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DirectorJack Smight
WriterDon Ingalls
Cast
Charlton Heston
Alan Murdock
Karen Black
Nancy Pryor
George Kennedy
Joe Patroni
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Captain Stacy
Susan Clark
Helen Patroni
Helen Reddy
Sister Ruth
Linda Blair
Janice Abbott
Dana Andrews
Scott Freeman
Roy Thinnes
Urias
Sid Caesar
Barney
Myrna Loy
Mrs. Devaney
Ed Nelson
Major John Alexander
Nancy Olson
Mrs. Abbott
Larry Storch
Glenn Purcell
Martha Scott
Sister Beatrice
Jerry Stiller
Sam
Norman Fell
Bill
Conrad Janis
Arnie
Beverly Garland
Mrs. Scott Freeman
Linda Harrison
Winnie
Part of Airport Collection
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Keywords
helicopterhusband wife relationshipairplanecataclysmairportbased on novel or bookguitarstewardesspilotalcoholismsequelaviationsalt lake city, utahteenage girlsinging nunmid air collisionairplane accidentlos angeles, californiadisaster movie
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Budget
$3M
Revenue
$103M
TMDb Votes
293
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026