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Mayday at 40,000 Feet 1977 Directed by Robert Butler Mayday at 40,000 Feet!

A crippled plane. A crazed convict...

The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Release Date 29 April 1977
93 mins
Cast
David Janssen Capt. Pete Douglass
Don Meredith Mike Fuller
Christopher George Stan Burkhart
Ray Milland Dr. Joseph Mannheim
Lynda Day George Cathy Armello
Margaret Blye Susan Mackenzie
Broderick Crawford Marshal Riese
Tom Drake Harry Jensen
Hari Rhodes Belson
Warren Vanders Glen Meyer
Shani Wallis Terry Dunlap
Jane Powell Kitty Douglass
John Pickard Wynberg
Steven Marlo Controller
Al Molinaro Forenzo
William Harlow 2nd Reporter
Alan Foster 3rd Reporter
Gary McLarty Carmichael
Ralph Anderson Doctor (uncredited)