Terror in the Sky

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Terror in the Sky

Directed by| Bernard L. Kowalski
Written by| Arthur Hailey (novel)
Elinor Karpf[1]
Starring| Doug McClure
Leif Erickson
Lois Nettleton
Roddy McDowall
Music by| Pat Williams
Distributed by| CBS[2]

Release date

* September 17, 1971 (1971-09-17)

[2]

Running time

| 74 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Terror in the Sky is a 1971 television film remake of 1957's Zero Hour!, which itself was based on the 1956 television play Flight into Danger. Arthur Hailey recycled the premise in his book Runway Zero-Eight which was co-written with John Castle in 1958. The film stars Doug McClure, Lois Nettleton, Roddy McDowall, Leif Erickson, Kenneth Tobey, and Keenan Wynn.

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Cast
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Plot

Passengers on a plane headed from the Midwest to the West Coast (Winnipeg to Vancouver in the book; Minneapolis to Seattle in the film) get quite ill after eating the chicken pot pie entree. Both pilots also eat the chicken. Passenger George Spencer, a man who has not flown since the Vietnam War (single-engine planes in the book, helicopter/war choppers in the film), is reluctantly pressed into flying the plane, where he makes an emergency landing.

## Cast

* Doug McClure - George Spencer
* Leif Erickson - Marty Treleavan
* Roddy McDowall - Dr. Baird
* Lois Nettleton - Janet Turner
* Keenan Wynn - Milton
* Kenneth Tobey - Captain Wilson
* Jack Ging - Controller
* Sam Melville - Stewart
* Leonard Stone - Harry Burdick

## References

1. ↑ Deal, David (2011). Television Fright Films of the 1970s. McFarland p. 45. ISBN 978-0-7864-5514-0.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Made-For-TV Movie Rankings". Variety: 81. January 25, 1972.

## External links

* Terror in the Sky on IMDb

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