Genre: Thriller, Drama, Disaster, Epic, Terrorism, Suspense, Infidelity, Marriage, Melodrama
Tagline: The #1 novel of the year - now a motion picture!
Plot: Take a non-stop flight with an all-star cast to a world of tension-filled human drama in this trend-setting box office blockbuster. Based on Arthur Hailey's runaway best seller, the emotion-charged adventure stars Burt Lancaster as the manager of a glamorous international airport who must juggle personal crisis with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner. The lavish Ross Hunter production co-stars a veritable Who's Who of Hollywood's most glittering personalities. The often imitated but never duplicated movie milestone remains a gripping trip from suspenseful take-off to sense-shattering landing. One of the original "disaster" movies, this all-star nail-biter follows a series of emergencies at a large Midwestern airport on a snowy night. The weather's bad enough, but then a passenger threatens to blow up an inbound plane. Based on Arthur Hailey's novel. Sequels include Airport 1975, Airport '77 and The Concorde - Airport '79 and dozens of other catastrophe epics built from the same blueprint. Academy Award Nominations: 10, including Best Picture, Best (Adapted) Screenplay.
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| Directed by |
George Seaton
Miracle on 34th Street, The Country Girl, Teacher's Pet | |
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| George Seaton
A Day at the Races, Miracle on 34th Street, The Song of Bernadette |
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 | Dean Martin
Rio Bravo, The Cannonball Run, Ocean's Eleven |
 | Jean Seberg
Breathless, Paint Your Wagon, The Mouse That Roared |
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 | George Kennedy
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 | | Van Heflin
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| Music By |
Alfred Newman
All About Eve, The Seven Year Itch, Foreign Correspondent |
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