Airport (1970)

Directed by:
Henry Hathaway
George Seaton

Written by:
Arthur Hailey
George Seaton

Plot:
One of the original "disaster" movies, this all-star nail-biter follows a series of emergencies at a large Midwestern airport on a snowy night. The weather's bad enough, but then a passenger threatens to blow up an inbound plane. Based on Arthur Hailey's novel. Sequels include Airport 1975, Airport '77 and The Concorde - Airport '79 and dozens of other catastrophe epics built from the same blueprint.

Genres: Drama / Thriller
Countries: United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 137

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Cast:

George Kennedy... Joe Patroni

Maureen Stapleton... Inez Guerrero

Jacqueline Bisset... Gwen Meighen

Burt Lancaster... Mel Bakersfeld

Dean Martin... Capt. Vernon Demerest

Helen Hayes... Ada Quonsett

Lou Wagner... Schuyler Schultz

Van Heflin... D. O. Guerrero

Larry Gates... Commissioner Ackerman

Dick Winslow... Mr. Schultz

Barry Nelson... Capt. Anson Harris

Jessie Royce Landis... Mrs. Harriet DuBarry Mossman