Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
The story
Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
- based on true story
- airship
- tragic event
- historical event
- hindenburg
- dirigible
- aviation disaster
- air disaster
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Gig Young — Edward Douglas
- Burgess Meredith — Emilio Pajetta
- Charles Durning — Captain Pruss
- Richard Dysart — Lehman
- Robert Clary — Joe Spah
- René Auberjonois — Major Napier
- Peter Donat — Reed Channing
- Alan Oppenheimer — Albert Breslau
- Katherine Helmond — Mrs. Mildred Breslau
- Joanna Moore — Mrs. Channing
- Stephen Elliott — Captain Fellows
- Directed
- Robert Wise
- Written
- Nelson Gidding
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 154 ratings
- Studio
- The Filmakers Group, Universal Pictures
If this stayed with you
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