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Terror in the Sky is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bernard L. Kowalski released in USA on 17 september 1971 with Doug McClure
Terror in the Sky (1977)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 september 1971
Length 1h14
Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
OriginUSA
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Rating58%
Terror in the Sky is a low budget 1971 television movie remake of 1957's Zero Hour!, which itself was based on the 1956 television play Flight into Danger. Arthur Hailey recycled the premise in his book Runway Zero-Eight which was co-written with John Castle in 1958. Terror in the Sky starred Doug McClure, Lois Nettleton, Roddy McDowall, Leif Erickson, Kenneth Tobey, and Keenan Wynn.
Synopsis
Passengers on a plane headed from the Midwest to the West Coast (Winnipeg to Vancouver in the book; Minneapolis to Seattle in the film) get quite ill after eating the chicken pot pie entree. Both pilots also ate the chicken. A man who has not flown since the Vietnam War (single-engine planes in the book, helicopter/war choppers in the film) is reluctantly pressed into flying the plane, where he makes a very neurotic, but survivable landing.Actors
Doug McClure
(George Spencer)
Lois Nettleton
(Janet Turner)
Roddy McDowall
(Dr. Ralph Baird)
Kenneth Tobey
(Capt. Wilson)
Leif Erickson
(Marty Treleavan)
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