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6.7/10   179 votes
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Director:
Paul Wendkos
Writer (WGA):
Norman Morrill (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 May 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
This made-for-television film documents the takeover of the TWA airliner in flight from Athens to Rome in 1985... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Excellent & topical story on terrorism more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Lindsay Wagner ... Uli Derickson

Eli Danker ... Castro
Sandy McPeak ... Captain Testrake
Ray Wise ... Phil Maresca

Leslie Easterbrook ... Audrey
Laurie Walters ... Jane
Joseph Nasser ... Saiid

Barry Jenner ... Ben Zimmerman
Valorie Armstrong ... Woman in red coat

Jim McMullan ... Russell
Steven Eckholdt ... Robert Stethem
Philip Levien ... Weisman
Lynn Tufeld ... Mrs. Weisman
Edwin Gerard ... Dr. Panos
Bridget Hoffman ... Mrs. Panos
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Flight
The Taking of Flight 847
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Runtime:
100 min | UK:95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | UK:15

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Miscellaneous: When Uli reads the seat allocation of the pregnant woman and her husband they are in 'B' and 'C' seats, the next scene Uli is settling them into the 'D' and 'E' seats (other side of the aisle) - an earlier reference to the 'A' seat being on 'their right' supports this. more
Quotes:
[after shooting Robert Stethem and throwing his body on the tarmac]
Castro: Now they will listen.
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent & topical story on terrorism, 23 November 2002
10/10
Author: dhalgren74 from Tampa, Florida

I remember the real events of this true story back in 1985, one of the earliest terrorist assaults on Americans & our allies on an airplane hijacked by Hezbollah operatives. Eli Danker makes a magnificent villain, an Arab living in Germany who is fluent in the language, opposite the dependable Lindsay Wagner as purser--and bonafide heroine--Uli Derickson, a wife & mother who showed remarkable grace under pressure. The story is edge-of-your-seat with a tough script and good support from a B-grade cast, including Sandy McPeak as Captain Testrake, Steven Eckholdt as the doomed sailor Robert Stethem, and Garrett & Gilfillan as a young mother and an older widow respectively. Danker's Castro is a madman capable of kindness to a pregnant woman then horrible brutality to young Stethem, a Navy welder whose geography coincides with Danker's personal tragedy and ultimate reason for his actions. He and Wagner deserved awards for their performances.

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