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Writers:
Robert M. Young (screenplay)
Peter R. Brooke (story)
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Release Date:
27 February 1983 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The first hypersonic flight turns into a terrifying nightmare...in space. [Australia Theatrical] more
Plot:
The fictional story of the first "hypersonic" commercial passenger plane, which can make the flight from New York to London in a mere four hours... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Lee Majors ... Captain Cody Briggs
Hal Linden ... Josh Gilliam

Lauren Hutton ... Erica Hansen

Ray Milland ... Q. T. Thornwell
Gail Strickland ... Nancy Gilliam
George DiCenzo ... Bowdish (as George Di Cenzo)

Tess Harper ... Janet Briggs
Terry Kiser ... Freddie Barrett

Heather McAdam ... Laurie Hansen (as Heather Mc Adam)
Michael Sacks ... Pete

Gary Bayer ... Martin
Pat Corley ... Joe Pedowski
Robert Webber ... Felix
Jocelyn Brando ... Mrs. Harvey
Diane Stilwell ... Betty
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Starflight One (USA) (video title)
Airport 85 (Philippines: English title) (theatrical title)
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Runtime:
115 min | Spain:109 min | West Germany:108 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The movie is loosely based on the novel "Orbit" by Thomas H. Block, from 1982. In the novel, a hypersonic plane on a cruise from New York to Sidney excesses its cruise altitude due to sabotage by a revenge-seeking company engineer. more
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Continuity: In many scenes, including the escape through the tunnel, there is visible evidence of gravity being present, while the spacecraft is in a zero gravity environment. more

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MST3K-caliber awful, 3 February 2003
Author: westpac from Alabama

In fact I think this was a KTMA episode. But one scene that stands out in my mind indelibly is the one where Hal Linden's character is spirited off Starflight by sticking him in the coffin that was transporting the Australian ambassador to the US back home for burial or some such, and the body is stiff as a board (or a mannequin) after being removed from the casket and floats around the cargo hold wearing the pointiest shoes I've ever seen . Somehow I don't think a casket is airtight enough to survive the rigors of spaceflight!

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