Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
- chicago
- illinois
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- airplane
- cataclysm
- nun
- guitar
- alcohol
- stewardess
- taxi driver
- passenger
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker
- Written
- Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 5,228 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Howard W. Koch Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1980 · You’re hereAirplane!
Where it starts.
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
