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Airport

"The #1 novel of the year - now a motion picture!"

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G 1970 · 2h 17m
Drama, Action, Thriller
Starring Burt Lancaster · Dana Wynter · Dean Martin
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An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.

Theatrical
May 29, 1970
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 26, 1999
Box Office
$100.5M
Budget
$10.0M
Return
10.0x
Director
George Seaton
Writer
George Seaton
Producers
Ross Hunter, Jacques Mapes
Music
Alfred Newman
Studio
Ross Hunter Productions
Keywords
bomb based on novel or book airport snowstorm stowaway airplane panic landing deception disaster blizzard disaster movie suicide bomber snowplow
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Cast

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B
Burt Lancaster
Mel Bakersfeld
D
Dana Wynter
Cindy Bakersfeld
D
Dean Martin
Vernon Demerest
B
Barbara Hale
Sarah Demerest
J
Jean Seberg
Tanya Livingston
J
Jacqueline Bisset
Gwen Meighen
G
George Kennedy
Joe Patroni
J
Jodean Lawrence
Marie Patroni
H
Helen Hayes
Ada Quonsett
J
John Findlater
Peter Coakley
V
Van Heflin
D. O. Guerrero
M
Maureen Stapleton
Inez Guerrero
B
Barry Nelson
Anson Harris
E
Eileen Wesson
Judy Barton
R
Robert Patten
Captain Benson
P
Paul Picerni
Dr. Compagno
I
Ilana Dowding
Robbie Bakersfeld
L
Lisa Gerritsen
Libby Bakersfeld
C
Clark Howat
Bert Weatherby
G
Gary Collins
Cy Jordan

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"Airport", based on the best selling novel by Arthur Hailey is an Academy Award nominated disaster film that spawned three sequels: Airport '75, Airport '77, and the campy Airport '79 (The Concorde).

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Top Novel Adapted into Film
Taglines The #1 novel of the year - now a motion picture!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Dangers of Sudden Decompression at Altitude
Joe Patroni The sudden decompression at 30,000 feet is something you gotta see to believe.
Tanya Livingston He'll get sucked out, won't he?
Joe Patroni So will anyone sittin next to him. Until that pressure equalizes, everything within 20 feet of him that's not nailed down or strapped in is gonna get sucked right out of that hole.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

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