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Airport '75 [Airport 1975]
(1974)
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Stars: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Director: Jack Smight
Writer: Arthur Hailey, Don Ingalls
Language: English
Studio: Universal Pictures
Duration: 107
Rated: PG
DVD Release: April 2001

In the wake of the 45-million-dollar gross of the original Airport (1970), Universal was all but required by an act of Congress to produce Airport '75. Charlton Heston heads the all-star cast as Alan Murdock, the former test pilot who must keep a disabled 747 from crashing in flames. The crisis begins when a businessman (Dana Andrews), flying his small private plane, suffers a fatal heart attack and the plane smashes into the cockpit of the 747. Following Murdock's radioed instructions, stewardess Nancy Pryor (Karen Black) takes over the controls. The special-guest passenger lineup includes Helen Reddy as a singing nun (a character wickedly satirized in the 1980 parody Airplane!), Myrna Loy as an alcoholic, and Sid Caesar as a garrulous passenger. While Airport '75 yielded only 25 million dollars at the box office, the franchise continued, spawning Airport '77 a few years later and Airport '79 two years after that. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


Charlton HestonAlan Murdock
Karen BlackNancy Pryor
George KennedyJoe Patroni
Gloria SwansonGloria Swanson
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Captain Stacy
Susan ClarkHelen Patroni
Helen ReddySister Ruth
Linda BlairJanice Abbott
Dana AndrewsScott Freeman
Roy ThinnesUrias
Sid CaesarBarney
Myrna LoyMrs. Devaney
Ed NelsonMajor John Alexander
Nancy OlsonMrs. Abbott
Larry StorchGlenn Purcell
Martha ScottSister Beatrice
Jerry StillerSam
Norman FellBill
Conrad JanisArnie
Beverly GarlandMrs. Scott Freeman
Linda HarrisonWinnie (as Augusta Summerland)
Guy StockwellColonel Moss
Erik EstradaJulio
Kip NivenLieutenant Thatcher
Charles WhiteFat Man
Brian MorrisonJoseph Patroni, Jr.
Amy FarrellAmy - Stewardess
Irene TsuCarol
Ken SansomGary
Alan FudgeDanton
Christopher NorrisBette
Austin StokerAir Force Sergeant
John LuptonOringer
Gene DynarskiFirst friend
Aldine KingAldine - Stewardess
Sharon GlessSharon - Stewardess
Laurette SpangArlene - Stewardess
John CacavasComposer
Philip H. LathropCinematographer
Terry WilliamsEditor
Genre: Adventure
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby 2.0 Mono
IMDb: 0071110