On the maiden flight of the first hypersonic commercial plane which can make the flight from New York City to London in four hours, a minor disaster occurs resulting in the plane actually ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | |
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Gary Bayer | ... | Martin |
| Pat Corley | ... | Joe Pedowski | |
| Robert Webber | ... | Felix | |
| Jocelyn Brando | ... | Mrs. Harvey | |
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Diane Stilwell | ... | Betty |
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On the maiden flight of the first hypersonic commercial plane which can make the flight from New York City to London in four hours, a minor disaster occurs resulting in the plane actually leaving the Earth's atmosphere and orbiting around the globe. A lack of heat-resistant tiling prevents the plane from simply re-entering the atmosphere. With oxygen (and therefore time) running out, the crew of the plane and the crew on the ground must figure out a way to return the plane and its passengers to safety. Written by Afterburner <aburner@erols.com>
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A special plane . . . not built for outer space . . . suddenly it's there! See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
27 February 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Starflight One See more »Filming Locations:
Laird International Studio - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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Captain Cody Briggs: Joe, did you ever skip a flat rock across a lake and watch it skim and bounce along the surface? I wanna give reentry that kind of shot.
Joe Pedowski: I have skipped a few rocks on a few lakes in my time and I never saw yet one that didn't sink. It's one chance in a million.
Captain Cody Briggs: So was this accident.
Joe Pedowski: I am scared out of my mind being up here inside this plane and you want me to go outside?
[laughs nervously]
Joe Pedowski: oh no!
[pause]
Joe Pedowski: I'll need a wire stripper and some wire nuts... and ...
[...]
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The logo for the Starflight airline bears a strong resemblance to that of Rockwell International, the company that constructed the Space Shuttle orbiters. The movie was released in 1983, two years after the first orbital shuttle mission. See more »Goofs
Refueling of Starflight One from Columbia takes an implausibly short period of time. See more »Quotes
Joe Pedowski: You're gonna try to fly this thing back?Captain Cody Briggs: Joe, did you ever skip a flat rock across a lake and watch it skim and bounce along the surface? I wanna give reentry that kind of shot.
Joe Pedowski: I have skipped a few rocks on a few lakes in my time and I never saw yet one that didn't sink. It's one chance in a million.
Captain Cody Briggs: So was this accident.
Joe Pedowski: I am scared out of my mind being up here inside this plane and you want me to go outside?
[laughs nervously]
Joe Pedowski: oh no!
[pause]
Joe Pedowski: I'll need a wire stripper and some wire nuts... and ...
[...]
See more »
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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!