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Skyjacked (1972)

PG 101 min  -  Action | Adventure | Drama  -   8 September 1972 (Finland)
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A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.

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John Guillermin
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charlton Heston ...
Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
Yvette Mimieux Yvette Mimieux ...
Angela Thacher
James Brolin ...
Jerome K. Weber
Claude Akins Claude Akins ...
Sgt. Ben Puzo
Jeanne Crain ...
Mrs. Clara Shaw
Susan Dey ...
Roosevelt Grier ...
Gary Brown
Mariette Hartley ...
Harriet Stevens
Walter Pidgeon ...
Sen. Arne Lindner
Ken Swofford Ken Swofford ...
John Bimonte
Leslie Uggams ...
Ross Elliott Ross Elliott ...
Harold Shaw
Nicholas Hammond ...
Peter Lindner
Mike Henry Mike Henry ...
Sam Allen
Jayson Kane Jayson Kane ...
William Reading (as Jayson William Kane)
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Storyline

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia. Written by Marty McKee <mmckee@wkio.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Disaster Film | Disaster | Vietnam | Suspense | Airplane  | See more »

Taglines:

On Board Flight 502 Is A Bomb. It Could Be Anywhere. And A Skyjacker. It Could Be Anyone. See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Finland) See more »

Also Known As:

Sky Terror See more »

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$2,700,000 (estimated)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The 'Global Airways' plane used in the movie was a World Airways Boeing 707 (N374WA). World Airways home base at the time was Oakland Metropolitan Airport, where just about all of the airport scenes in the movie were filmed. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: The Moscow airport scenes at the end of the movie were actually done at Oakland Metropolitan Airport. You can clearly see its distinctive looking control tower to the right of the screen in the DVD wide screen version of the film. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
John Bimonte: [Hank is doing his walk-around the aircraft] Hey, Hank! Ready to go.
Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara: Wrong! You got a broken cowling latch here.
John Bimonte: What the hell? I'll get right on it.
Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara: Take all the time you want, John. You got 10 minutes.
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Connections

Edited into "Dr. Shrinker" (1976) See more »