Ha! This was fun! This is the film that the spoof film, “Airplane!” was based on, down to even entire bits of dialog being reused.
A bit over the top all by itself, but an especially entertaining watch if you remember “Airplane!”
Zero Hour!
SUSPENSE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE!
Rating
3.0 (1)
Release Date
11/13/1957Runtime
81 minsOverview
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
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How It Feels
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A taut procedural disaster thriller where a flawed everyman must confront his past trauma to save everyone aboard a doomed flight. The tension never relents as the clock ticks down toward an impossible landing.
Mood
TenseDread-soakedExhilarating
Themes
SurvivalRedemption
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Graphic violence
Dana Andrews
Lt. Ted Stryker
Linda Darnell
Ellen Stryker
Sterling Hayden
Captain Martin Treleaven
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch
Capt. Bill Wilson
Geoffrey Toone
Dr. Baird
Jerry Paris
Tony Decker
Peggy King
Stewardess Janet Turner
Charles Quinlivan
Harry Burdick
Patricia Tiernan
Mrs. Joan Wilson
Steve London
First Officer Walt Stewart
Jo Ann Wade
Treleaven's Baby Sitter
Ray Ferrell
Joey Stryker
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