Murder on Flight 502 (TV 1975)Left in the lounge for first-class passengers, a letter warns of murders on Flight 502 -- and the warning is received a day early. Director:George McCowanWriter:David P. Harmon |
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Murder on Flight 502 (TV 1975)Left in the lounge for first-class passengers, a letter warns of murders on Flight 502 -- and the warning is received a day early. Director:George McCowanWriter:David P. Harmon |
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| Ralph Bellamy | ... |
Dr. Kenyon Walker
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| Polly Bergen | ... |
Mona Briarly
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| Theodore Bikel | ... |
Otto Gruenwaldt
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| Sonny Bono | ... |
Jack Marshall
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| Dane Clark | ... |
Ray Garwood
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| Laraine Day | ... |
Claire Garwood
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| Fernando Lamas | ... |
Paul Barons
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| George Maharis | ... |
Robert Davenport
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| Farrah Fawcett | ... |
Karen White
(as Farrah Fawcett-Majors)
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| Hugh O'Brian | ... |
Detective Daniel Myerson
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| Molly Picon | ... |
Ida Goldman
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| Walter Pidgeon | ... |
Charlie Parkins
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| Robert Stack | ... |
Captain Larkin
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| Brooke Adams | ... |
Vera Franklin
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| Danny Bonaduce | ... |
Millard Kensington
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A jumbo jet leaves New York. After the plane has departed, a note is found in the first class lounge with an ominous message left by a passenger threatening to kill some of the passengers. At first it is thought to be a sick joke, but soon a man posing as a priest and a stewardess are killed. It is up to the captain to find the killer before the body count increases. Written by Brian Washington <Sargebri@att.net>
My husband bought a copy of this movie from a bargain bin for $2.00 so I wasn't expecting much. Actually, it was so campy it was fun. And in today's world, very naive. Danny Bonaduce, one of the passengers, leaves a package in the boarding area and after he gets on the flight the package starts to smoke. Security rushes in, takes a casual look, and pronounces it a practical joke. Times sure have changed ! Bonaduce is in a number of scenes at the beginning of the movie, but although he is in the same section as the rest of the passengers on the plane, he is not seen anymore during the second half of the film. I guess they had to cut the budget.
This film is not about a "terrorist" as we think of them today. It was about one man, planning to kill another man, just a vendetta thing. The acting was awful, for the most part, but like I said, if you don't mind that-- the movie was worth $2.00. Obviously made for TV-- every twenty minutes there was a blackout for commercial insertion. And it was strange that the plane was carrying hundreds of passengers (according to the pilot), but we only saw about a dozen. From scene to scene, the number of extras would change. The cabin would be almost empty in one scene, then the next scene, there would be someone in every seat. Oh, well. It was fun. Not funny--- just fun.