Directors: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker; Jerry Zucker

Writers: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker; Jerry Zucker

Music by: Elmer Bernstein

Producer: Jon Davison

Keywords: Comedy, Disaster, Spoof, Glue Sniffing

The pilot and co-pilot of a passenger aircraft become incapacitated and someone must be found who can fly the plane. Found is Ted Striker, a fighter pilot with PTSD who might not have been the ideal choice. The plot is irrelevant; this is one of the funniest films ever produced. Spoof specifically of Zero Hour! (1957) but also of the 1970s parade of disaster movies.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Basketball	16-Apr-1947		NBA records for most minutes, most points
Jim Abrahams	Film Director	10-May-1944		Airplane!
Jonathan Banks	Actor	31-Jan-1947		Frank McPike on Wiseguy
Barbara Billingsley	Actor	22-Dec-1915	16-Oct-2010	June Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver
Lloyd Bridges	Actor	15-Jan-1913	10-Mar-1998	Airplane!
Joyce Bulifant	Actor	16-Dec-1937		Match Game panelist
Peter Graves	Actor	18-Mar-1926	14-Mar-2010	Mission: Impossible
Julie Hagerty	Actor	15-Jun-1955		Airplane!
Robert Hays	Actor	24-Jul-1947		Airplane!
James Hong	Actor	22-Feb-1929		Indeed!
Gregory Itzin	Actor	20-Apr-1948		President Charles Logan on 24
Howard Jarvis	Activist	22-Sep-1903	11-Aug-1986	Anti-tax crusader
David Leisure	Actor	16-Nov-1950		Joe Isuzu
Maureen McGovern	Singer	27-Jul-1949		The Morning After
Ethel Merman	Singer	16-Jan-1908	15-Feb-1984	There's No Business Like Show Business
Ann Nelson	Actor	27-May-1916	2-Jun-1992	Mrs. Gertrude Berg on Fame
Leslie Nielsen	Actor	11-Feb-1926	28-Nov-2010	Airplane!
Robert Stack	Actor	13-Jan-1919	14-May-2003	The Untouchables
Barbara Stuart	Actor	3-Jan-1930	15-May-2011	Bunny on Gomer Pyle, USMC
Kenneth Tobey	Actor	23-Mar-1917	22-Dec-2002	Chuck Martin on Whirlybirds
Jimmie Walker	Comic	25-Jun-1947		Dyn-o-Mite
Jill Whelan	Actor	29-Sep-1966		Vicki Stubing on The Love Boat
David Zucker	Film Director	16-Oct-1947		Airplane!
Jerry Zucker	Film Director	11-Mar-1950		Ghost

CAST

Starring
Robert Hays	...   Ted Striker
Julie Hagerty	...   Elaine
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	...   Murdock
Lloyd Bridges	...   McCrosky
Peter Graves	...   Capt. Oveur
Leslie Nielsen	...   Dr. Rumack
Lorna Patterson	...   Randy
Robert Stack	...   Kramer
Stephen Stucker	...   Johnny
And Intoducing
Otto	...   Himself
Jim Abrahams	...   Religious Zealot #6
Frank Ashmore	...   Victor Basta
Jonathan Banks	...   Gunderson
Craig Berenson	...   Paul Carey
Barbara Billingsley	...   Jive Lady
Lee Bryant	...   Mrs. Hammen
Joyce Bulifant	...   Mrs. Davis
Mae E. Campbell	...   Security Lady
Ted Chapman	...   Airport Steward
Jesse Emmett	...   Man from India
Norman Alexander Gibbs	...   First Jive Dude
Amy Gibson	...   Soldier's Girl
Marcy Goldman	...   Mrs. Geline
Bob Gorman	...   Striped Controller
Rossie Harris	...   Joey
Maurice Hill	...   Reporter #3
David Hollander	...   Young Boy with Coffee
James Hong	...   Japanese General
Howard Honig	...   Jack
Gregory Itzin	...   Religious Zealot #1
Howard Jarvis	...   Man in Taxi
Michael Laurence	...   Newscaster
David Leisure	...   First Krishna
Zachary Lewis	...   Religious Zealot #3
Barbara Mallory	...   Religious Zealot #2
Maureen McGovern	...   Nun
Nora Meerbaum	...   Cocaine Lady
Mary Mercier	...   Shirley
Ethel Merman	...   Lt. Hurwitz
Len Mooy	...   Reporter #1
Ann M. Nelson	...   Handing Lady
Laura Nix	...   Mrs. Hurwitz
John O'Leary	...   Reporter #2
Cyril O'Reilly	...   Soldier
Bill Porter	...   Hospital Contortionist
Nicholas Pryor	...   Mr. Hammen
Conrad Palmisano	...   Religious Zealot #4
Mallory Sandler	...   LA Ticket Agent
Michelle Stacy	...   Young Girl with Coffee
Robert Starr	...   Religious Zealot #5
Barbara Stuart	...   Mrs. Kramer
Lee Terri	...   Mrs. Oveur
Kenneth Tobey	...   Air Controller Neubauer
William Tregoe	...   Jack Kirkpatrick
Hatsuo Uda	...   Japanese Newscaster
Herb Voland	...   Air Controller Macias
Jimmie Walker	...   Windshield Wiper Man
Jill Whelan	...   Lisa Davis
Al White	...   Second Jive Dude
John-David Wilder	...   Second Krishna
Windy	...   Horse
Jason Wingreen	...   Dr. Brody
Louise Yaffe	...   Mrs. Jaffe
Charlotte Zucker	...   Make-up Lady
David Zucker	...   Ground Crewman #2
Jerry Zucker	...   Ground Crewman #1

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