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Airplane! (1980)

UK:: 12A US:: PG Comedy

Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down.

Updated May 9 2020

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Runtime: 88 mins Revenue: $83,453,539 Budget: $3,500,000 Rating: 7.3 Tag Line: What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?

Cast

Jonathan Banks

Gunderson

Lloyd Bridges

McCroskey

Robert Stack

Rex Kramer

Leslie Nielsen

Dr. Rumack

Peter Graves

Captain Oveur

Jim Abrahams

Religious zealot #6

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Murdock

Julie Hagerty

Elaine