Airport 1975

Based On the book by Arthur Hailey

Airport 1975 (also known as Airport '75) is a 1974 American disaster film, and the second installment in the Airport film series. It is directed by Jack Smight, produced by William Frye, and from a screenplay by Don Ingalls. The film stars Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Sid Caesar, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Nancy Olson, Ed Nelson, Myrna Loy, Augusta Summerland, Helen Reddy in her film debut, and Gloria Swanson in her final film. The plot concerns the dramatic events aboard an airborne Boeing 747 when a small aircraft crashes into the cockpit, causing the fatalities of the First Officer and Flight Engineer and the blinding of the Captain, leaving no one aboard qualified to take the controls.

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Release date:

October 18, 1974

Director:

Jack Smight

Cast:

Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark

Genre:

Thriller, Action, Disaster

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1974 in adaptations