In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
Acting
Dana Andrews' sweaty, trembling desperation — zero irony.
Direction
Bartlett keeps 90% in one cockpit, somehow never boring.
Director
Hall Bartlett
Dana Andrews
Lt. Ted Stryker
Linda Darnell
Ellen Stryker
Sterling Hayden
Captain Martin Treleaven
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch
Capt. Bill Wilson
Geoffrey Toone
Dr. Baird
Jerry Paris
Tony Decker
Peggy King
Stewardess Janet Turner
Charles Quinlivan
Harry Burdick
Patricia Tiernan
Mrs. Joan Wilson
Steve London
First Officer Walt Stewart
John Ashley
TV Singer
Willis Bouchey
RCAF Doctor
Maxine Cooper
Sick Plane Passenger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Airplane! bought the rights and reused the script almost verbatim, including the 'slap the hysterical person' bit.
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch was a real NFL Hall of Famer; this was his only significant acting role.
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