Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (1976) (TV)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Robert Butler

Writers:

Andrew J. Fenady (writer)
Austin Ferguson (novel)

Release Date:

12 November 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne until it can reach an open airfield after a killer aboard the plane fires a gun at an engine and pilot of the plane. |

Plot Keywords:

Airplane | Blizzard | Escaped Convict | Based On Novel | Number In Title

Cast

David Janssen	...	Captain Pete Douglas
Don Meredith	...	Mike Fuller
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norland Benson	...	Jerry
Margaret Blye	...	Susan Mackenzie (as Maggie Blye)
Kathleen Bracken	...	Julia
William Bryant	...	Kent
Bill Catching	...	Dowling
James Chandler	...	Doctor
Broderick Crawford	...	Marshal Riese
Lynda Day George	...	Cathy Armello
Tom Drake	...	Harry Jenson
Alan Foster	...	Third Reporter
Christopher George	...	Stan Burkhart
Marjoe Gortner	...	Greco
Philip Baker Hall	...	Reporter
William Harlow	...	Second Reporter
Philip Mansour	...	Surgeon
Steven Marlo	...	Controller
Gary McLarty	...	Carmichael
Ray Milland	...	Dr. Joseph Mannheim
Al Molinaro	...	Forenzo
Christopher Norris	...	Cindy Jensen
John Pickard	...	Wynberg
Jane Powell	...	Kitty Douglas
Hari Rhodes	...	Belson
Warren Vanders	...	Glen Meyer
Shani Wallis	...	Terry Dunlap (as Shani Wallace)
Bert Williams	...	Lars
Buck Young	...	Guard

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16

Company:

Andrew J. Fenady Productions

Trivia:

Was theatrically released in France.

Another airborne adventure...

This film is of the typical disaster films of the 70's; aircrafts that almost crash, hijacks, engine failures, terrorist acts and so on. The amazing thing about them is the great performances by great actors; in such films, we saw actors like Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Jack Lemmon, Alain Delon, Christopher Lee and so on...

In this film, David Janssen in a great performance (one more time), as a man in his 40's that has his own problems in his life, and apart from that, he has a rendez-vous with the bullet of a prisoner that wants to escape. The film script limits the abilities of the actor to perform; however, the film is a pleasant adventure/drama.

5 out of 10.