SST: Death Flight

TV Movie
19771977
K-16K-16
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

4.0/10

593

YOUR RATING

Adventure Drama

On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu on-board.On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu on-board.On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu on-board.

IMDb RATING

4.0/10

593

YOUR RATING

Director
- David Lowell Rich
Writers
- Robert L. Joseph(teleplay)
- Meyer Dolinsky(teleplay)
- Guerdon Trueblood(story)
Stars

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Trivia
Director David Lowell Rich also helmed The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979), which had a similar plot.

Goofs
There are no mountains in the vicinity of Dakar, Senegal.

Quotes
Bob Connors: I'm gonna find out what's going on.
David: Sir, please return to your seat.
Bob Connors: Look, get this straight - I'm going up there.
David: Er, no Sir. You're not.
Bob Connors: Don't tell me what to do, you pansy!
David: I've been called that before.
Bob Connors: Yeah, and what do you do about it?
David: Try to ignore it. And if that fails, a knee to the groin usually works. You're not coming forward.

Alternate versions
One brief scene involving nudity was added to attract some interest in a foreign theatrical release. It involved Misty Rowe who had become known for her Marilyn Monroe role in Goodbye Norma Jean.

Connections
Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: SST: Death Flight (1989)

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Review

Featured review

5/10

It had good actors in it!

I am surprised that the score is so low. Okay, I admit the movie is technically bad but at least we got to see a lot of familiar faces here. You rarely see that in a TV movie. This is the only time I've seen Regis Philban in a movie of any kind. It was hard to recognize Billy Crystal. Probably the coolest part of this movie was when it showed that explosion. A pity it was just that one scene. I know that this movie is really clichéd. It probably helps that "Airplane!" is my favorite comedy too. They mocked stuff like this perfectly.

The version I saw was 92 minutes (on "Mystery Science Theater 3000"). This says it's only 89 minutes. Wow, that is the first time I have ever heard of a movie having a longer version being shown like that. It was certainly an interesting episode as it was their longest ever. Yeah, it's not worth watching on its own, but I think there have been many worse disaster films. I guess it probably did go on too long and there's still nothing unique about it. **

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