5.6Summary
The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.
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- Teens
- Drop-in friendly
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Cast
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David JanssenCapt. Pete Douglass
Don MeredithMike Fuller
Christopher GeorgeStan Burkhart
Ray MillandDr. Joseph Mannheim
Lynda Day GeorgeCathy Armello
Margaret BlyeSusan Mackenzie
Marjoe GortnerGreco
Broderick CrawfordMarshal Riese
Tom DrakeHarry Jensen
Christopher NorrisCindy
Hari RhodesBelson
Warren VandersGlen Meyer
Shani WallisTerry Dunlap
Jane PowellKitty Douglass
William BryantKent
John PickardWynberg
Steven MarloController
James ChandlerDoctor
Al MolinaroForenzo
Kathleen BrackenJulia
Philip Baker HallReporter
Buck YoungGuard
Gary McLartyCarmichael
Crew
- Directed by
- Robert Butler
- Written by
- Austin Ferguson
- Produced by
- Andrew J. Fenady
- Music by
- Richard Markowitz
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Facts
April 29, 1977 · 1 h 33 min · NR
- Released
- April 29, 1977
- Runtime
- 1 h 33 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- Drama, Action, TV Movie
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 5 countries