Mayday at 40, 000 Feet!
“A crippled plane. A crazed convict...”
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A passenger jet's co-pilot and engineer must fight to keep the plane in the air after a marshal on board, who is transporting a convicted murderer to prison, suffers a heart attack. The killer seizes the opportunity to use the marshal's gun to shoot the captain and disable the plane's hydraulics by blowing them out.
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Edited by Nick ArcherShot by William B JurgensenScored by Richard Markowitz
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Cast & Crew
18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
David Janssen
as Captain Pete Douglass
Don Meredith
as Mike Fuller
Christopher George
as Stan Burkhart
Ray Milland
as Dr. Joseph Mannheim
Lynda Day George
as Cathy Armello
Margaret Blye
as Susan Mackenzie
Marjoe Gortner
as Greco
Broderick Crawford
as Marshal Riese
Tom Drake
as Harry Jensen
Christopher Norris
as Cindy Jensen
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