Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 84 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
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.
- space marine
- moon
- space travel
- coffee
- sequel
- spoof
- bomb planting
- aftercreditsstinger
- anarchic comedy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Lloyd Bridges
Steve McCroskey
Raymond Burr
Judge D.C. Simonton
Chuck Connors
The Sarge
Rip Torn
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
- John Dehner — The Commissioner
- Chad Everett — Simon Kurtz
- Peter Graves — Capt. Clarence Oveur
- Julie Hagerty — Elaine Dickinson
- Robert Hays — Ted Striker
- Kent McCord — Dave Unger
- James A. Watson, Jr — First Officer Dunn
- William Shatner — Cdr. Buck Murdock
- Stephen Stucker — Jacobs / Courtroom Clerk
- John Vernon — Dr. Stone
- Al White — Witness
- Directed
- Ken Finkleman
- Written
- Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Ken Finkleman
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 1,300 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1980Airplane!
Where it starts.
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 · You’re here
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.
