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Final Approach is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Eric Steven Stahl released in USA on 6 december 1991 with James Sikking
Final Approach (1991)
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Add to a movie listFinal Approach is a thriller movie released in 1991.
The SR-71 Blackbird spy plane is featured in the film. Final Approach was the first film to be originally recorded, mixed and mastered in pure digital sound.
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Final Approach deals with the mental condition of amnesia when a stealth test pilot, Col. Jason Halsey (James Sikking), is involved in an air disaster. A psychiatrist Dr. Dio Gottlieb (Hector Elizondo) attempts to help Halsey to recover his memory, but his motives seem suspect. Is Gottlieb giving professional help or is he a counter-intelligence agent sent to debrief Halsey?Actors
James Sikking
(Col. Jason Halsey)
Héctor Elizondo
(Dr. Dio Gottlieb)
Madolyn Smith
(Casey Halsey)
Kevin McCarthy
(General Geller)
Wayne Duvall
(Doug Slessinger)
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