The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974)

Colonel Pete Moore is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft. To ferret out the problem, he sends a four-man crew... See full summary »

Director:

Jud Taylor

Writers:

George Simpson, Neal R. Burger

Stars:

Glenn Ford, Bradford Dillman, David Soul

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Glenn Ford	...	Col. Pete Moore
Bradford Dillman	...	Maj. Mike Dunning
David Soul	...	Capt. Roy Bishop
Robert F. Lyons	...	Ckapt. Cliff Riggs
Guy Stockwell	...	Lt. Col. Trottman
Greg Mullavey	...	Lt. Tony Podryski
Stanley Bennett Clay	...	2nd Lt. Ferguson (as Stanley Clay)
Jonathan Goldsmith	...	Smith (as Jonathan Lippe)
Jack Ging	...	Green
Ken Kercheval	...	White
Edward Winter	...	Mr. Cheer
Simon Scott	...	Col. Freeman Barns
Kent Smith	...	Gen. Enright
Cynthia Hayward	...	Nina Moore
Jesse Vint	...	Scanner

Storyline

Colonel Pete Moore is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft. To ferret out the problem, he sends a four-man crew on Flight 412. Shortly into the test, the jet picks up three blips on radar, and subsequently, two fighters scramble and mysteriously disappear. At this point, Flight 412 is monitored and forced to land by Digger Control, a top-level, military intelligence group that debunks UFO information. The intrepid colonel, kept in the dark about his crew, decides to investigate the matter himself.

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Plot Keywords:

ufo | cover up | public domain | u.s. air force | aviation | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Az eltűnt járat rejtélye

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cine Films Inc., Cinemobile Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The last completed film of Kent Smith.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: This is a UFO - an Unidentified Flying Object. It was photographed at Santa Catalina Island in April of 1966. Look at it again. Closely. Hundreds, even thousands of witnesses have seen similar things appear in the sky. Persons living miles from others have testified independently that UFOs have appeared in a specific place at a specific time.

User Reviews

A Dull Movie With No Resolution

"The Disappearance of Flight 412" was obviously put out to try to cash in on the UFO craze of the 1970's. I remember the era well. UFO sightings were all over the place. This type of movie would have been watched and it probably garnered pretty good ratings for NBC - the network that broadcast it. In the end, it would also have left pretty much everyone who watched it disappointed. It really isn't that interesting to watch 4 guys get "debriefed," but that's basically what we do for a good part of the movie. These 4 were the crew of an Air Force plane on some sort of routine assignment. 3 strange blips come up on radar, a couple of Marine fighters are scrambled to intercept them and those planes vanish. The Air Force crew then get interrogated about it over about a 24 hour period. This really doesn't lead anywhere. The interrogation ends and the guys are released to their commanding officer, played by Glenn Ford. Ford was decent enough. He was probably the best part of a weak movie, and the entire cast seemed to take this seriously enough. It's just that there's no resolution to anything. In the end all we're left with is that there's some sort of massive government cover-up about UFOs. Honestly, I saw no point to this movie at all. 2/10