What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?
Airplane!
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Synopsis
An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
- Directed by
- Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
- Written by
- Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Cast
Robert Hays
Ted Striker
Julie Hagerty
Elaine Dickinson
Leslie Nielsen
Dr. Rumack
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roger Murdock
Lloyd Bridges
Steve McCroskey
Peter Graves
Capt. Clarence Oveur
Robert Stack
Captain Rex Kramer
Lorna Patterson
Randy
Jill Whelan
Lisa Davis
Ann Nelson
Hanging Lady
Jim Abrahams
Religious Zealot #6
Jonathan Banks
Gunderson
Stephen Stucker
Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs
Frank Ashmore
Victor Basta
Craig Berenson
Paul Carey
Barbara Billingsley
Jive Lady
Details
- Released
- June 27, 1980
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Budget
- $3,500,000
- Box office
- $83,453,539
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