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Airplane!

What's slower than a speeding bullet?

Director
Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker

Writer
David Zucker, Jim Abrahams

Production / Studio
Paramount
Summary
Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down.
Runtime: 1h 28min
Release Date: 2/7/1980
Genres: Comedy
BBFC Certificate: 12A
My Rating: Not rated
Cast
Leslie Nielsen, Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Lorna Patterson, Robert Stack, Jim Abrahams, Jonathan Banks, Stephen Stucker, Frank Ashmore, Craig Berenson, Barbara Billingsley, Lee Bryant, Joyce Bulifant, Mae E. Campbell, Ethel Merman, Jimmie Walker, Jill Whelan, Kitten Natividad, Nora Meerbaum, Kenneth Tobey, James Hong, Michelle Stacy, David Leisure
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