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Airport 1975
Something hit us... The crew is dead... Help us, please, please help us!
( Action / Drama / Thriller )


Airport 1975 Poster

MPAA Rating:
PG

US Runtime: 107 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Oct 18, 1974   [USA]
 
Director: Jack Smight   [Director]
 
Writer: Don Ingalls   [Writer]
 
Producers: William Frye   [Producer]
Jennings Lang   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Philip H. Lathrop   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: J. Terry Williams   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by John Cacavas   [Original Music Composer]
 
Costume Design: Edith Head   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by William Batliner   [Casting]
Robert J. LaSanka   [Casting]
Donn McElwaine   [Casting]
 
Production Company: Universal Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.

Cast:

Charlton Heston
Alan Murdock
Karen Black
Nancy Pryor
George Kennedy
Joe Patroni
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Captain Stacy
Susan Clark
Helen Patroni
Helen Reddy
Sister Ruth
Linda Blair
Janice Abbott
Dana Andrews
Scott Freeman
Roy Thinnes
Urias
Sid Caesar
Barney
Myrna Loy
Mrs. Devaney
Ed Nelson
Major John Alexander
Nancy Olson
Mrs. Abbott
Larry Storch
Glenn Purcell
Martha Scott
Sister Beatrice
Jerry Stiller
Sam
Norman Fell
Bill
Conrad Janis
Arnie
Beverly Garland
Mrs. Scott Freeman
 
Linda Harrison
Winnie
Guy Stockwell
Colonel Moss
Erik Estrada
Julio
Kip Niven
Lt. Thatcher
Charles White
Fat Man
Brian Morrison
Joseph Patroni, Jr.
Amy Farrell
Amy
Irene Tsu
Carol
Ken Sansom
Gary
Alan Fudge
Danton
Christopher Norris
Bette
Austin Stoker
Air Force Sergeant
John Lupton
Oringer
Gene Dynarski
1st. Friend
Aldine King
Aldine
Sharon Gless
Sharon
Laurette Spang
Arlene
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson
Robert Lussier
Harleigh
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Mary Margaret Amato
Diane (uncredited)
Selma Archerd
Passenger (uncredited)
David Baker
Rev. Bob Herron (uncredited)
Barbara Baldavin
Passenger (uncredited)
Rochelle Balin
Passenger (uncredited)
Ray Ballard
Passenger (uncredited)
Billy Beck
Funeral Director (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
50th Anniversary Celebrant (uncredited)
Carol Brooks
Passenger (uncredited)
David Carlile
Fred Fuller (uncredited)
Jolivett Cato
Passenger (uncredited)
Diana Chesney
Diana (uncredited)
Ed Connelly
Pilot (uncredited)
Edwin Cook
Rock Singer (uncredited)
Natalie Core
Fern (uncredited)
Joan Crosby
Passenger (uncredited)
Wade Crosby
Andy Birdson (uncredited)
Joyce Cunning
Needlepoint Woman Passenger (uncredited)
Tom Curtis
Passenger (uncredited)
Maria Diane
Denise (uncredited)
 
Jim Drum
Passenger (uncredited)
Lou Fant
Needlepoint Woman's Husband (uncredited)
Cay Forester
Mary Chilcutt (uncredited)
Susan French
Violet (uncredited)
John Furlong
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
James W. Gavin
Corporate Jet Pilot (uncredited)
Ted Gehring
Mechanic (uncredited)
Redmond Gleeson
Passenger (uncredited)
Virginia Gregg
Lily (uncredited)
Bob Hastings
Freeman's Friend at Airport (uncredited)
Monika Henreid
Nini Martin (uncredited)
Pitt Herbert
Passenger (uncredited)
Tad Horino
Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Ito
Passenger (uncredited)
Jeanne Joe
Passenger (uncredited)
Virginia Vincent
Gina Arriba - Passenger (uncredited)
Lloyd Kino
Passenger (uncredited)
Charles Seel
50th Anniversary Celebrant - Passenger (uncredited)
George Wyner
Harry - Passenger That Sees the Oil Leak (uncredited)
 

Stunt Crew:


Joe Canutt
Stunt Coordinator
Everett Creach
Stunts
Howard Curtis
Stunts
Dick Dial
Stunts
Kim Kahana
Stunts
 
Kitty O'Neil
Stunts
Bill Saito
Stunts
Dean Smith
Stunts
Jerry Summers
Stunts
Bob Yerkes
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


James Troutman
Sound Editor
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Ben McMahan
Special Effects
 
Whitey McMahon
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Mickey S. Michaels
Set Decoration
 
 

Directing Crew:


Alan Crosland, Jr.
First Assistant Director
Wayne A. Farlow
Second Assistant Director
 
James W. Gavin
Second Unit Director
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Glenn Adams
Still Photographer
 
 

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