"Terror in the Sky" is a remake of "Zero Hour!"...and offers no improvements at all over the original. In fact, in most ways (especially the cast), the original is a far better film.
Speaking of "Zero Hour!", this film is the one that was parodied in "Airplane!". Despite this, it's a very good air disaster movie...one of the best of the 1950s.
A rowdy group of folks have chartered a plane cross-country...not realizing that they nearly paid the ultimate price for not flying commercial! It's because the food aboard the craft is tainted...and anyone eating the chicken pie will become deathly ill. Unfortunately, that means BOTH the pilot and co-pilot...so it's up to one of the passengers to try to land the craft.
If "Zero Hour!" had never been made, I probably would have enjoyed "Terror in the Sky" much more. But again and again, I couldn't help but think the original was just so much better than this cheap made for TV version.
Speaking of "Zero Hour!", this film is the one that was parodied in "Airplane!". Despite this, it's a very good air disaster movie...one of the best of the 1950s.
A rowdy group of folks have chartered a plane cross-country...not realizing that they nearly paid the ultimate price for not flying commercial! It's because the food aboard the craft is tainted...and anyone eating the chicken pie will become deathly ill. Unfortunately, that means BOTH the pilot and co-pilot...so it's up to one of the passengers to try to land the craft.
If "Zero Hour!" had never been made, I probably would have enjoyed "Terror in the Sky" much more. But again and again, I couldn't help but think the original was just so much better than this cheap made for TV version.