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5.7/10   13 votes
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Director:
Barry Pollack
Release Date:
2 May 1975 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Crime | Thriller | Drama more
Tagline:
A Terror Story Of Our Times [Video Australia] more
Plot:
A gambler with serious debts hijacks a small private plane, planning to collect a $1,000,000 ransom... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Not too shabby more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Adam Roarke ... Mike Christie
Lynn Borden ... Diane
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Alderman ... Latimer
Sandy Balson ... Mrs. Phillips
Neville Brand ... Dominic
Sam Chew Jr. ... Pierce

Don Pedro Colley ... Champ
Jacqueline Giroux ... Scott's Girl (as Jackie Giroux)
Milt Kamen ... Phillips

Carol Locatell ... Mrs. Pierce (as Carol Lawson)
Barney Phillips ... Banker

Jay Robinson ... Simon Scott
Dub Taylor ... Sheriff Gordon
Patricia Winters ... Latimer's Girl
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Airport SOS Hijack (Australia) (video title)
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Runtime:
Germany:89 min | UK:85 min | USA:90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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1 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Not too shabby, 16 April 2008
7/10
Author: yorimevets-2 from United States

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

During the 1970s there were a ton of airline/airport movies and this low budget effort was probably the best of them. I have not seen it since a year after its original release, and have not noticed it either on VHS or DVD. I'll look around for it at Video Vault in Alexandria.

Since the plot line of such motion pix is formulaic, the color is in the details. A young desperado hijacks what appears to be the Playboy Boeing 707, because the rather un-masculine victim and his pussy posse are truly lame and loathsome. They get to play jackass as sport for their captors while a psycho sidekick scares the stuffing out of everybody. They land in some God-forsaken Texas town and have the sheriff deliver the suitcase full of cash up to the steps while wearing only cowboy boot, hat and boxer shorts. The desperado tells him to climb aboard. The old cop knows when it's time to party and gets in the action. The plane takes off without the rich young pansy.

Funny stuff!

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