The Hindenburg

The Hindenburg

125 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Dec. 25, 1975

In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.

The Hindenburg

125 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Dec. 25, 1975

The Hindenburg
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Universal Pictures, The Filmakers Group
Original title The Hindenburg
Directors Robert Wise
Writers Michael M. Mooney, William Link, Richard Levinson, Nelson Gidding

Cast

George C. Scott

as Col. Franz Ritter

Anne Bancroft

as Ursula

William Atherton

as Boerth

Roy Thinnes

as Martin Vogel

Gig Young

as Edward Douglas

Burgess Meredith

as Emilio Pajetta

Charles Durning

as Captain Pruss

Richard Dysart

as Lehman

Robert Clary

as Joe Spah

René Auberjonois

as Major Napier

Peter Donat

as Reed Channing

Alan Oppenheimer

as Albert Breslau

Katherine Helmond

as Mrs. Mildred Breslau

Joanna Moore

as Mrs. Channing

Stephen Elliott

as Captain Fellows

Joe Di Reda

as Schulz

Jan Merlin

as Speck

Betsy Jones-Moreland

as Stewardess Imhoff

Curt Lowens

as Elevator Man Felber

Kip Niven

as Lt. Truscott

Scott Walker

as Gestapo Major

Val Bisoglio

as Lt. Lombardi

Simon Scott

as Luftwaffe General

William Sylvester

as Luftwaffe Colonel

Joe Turkel

as Detective Moore

Sandy Ward

as Detective Grunberger

Joyce Davis

as Eleanore Ritter

Jean Rasey

as Valerie Breslau

Ted Gehring

as Knorr

Lisa Pera

as Freda Halle

Peter Canon

as Ludecke

Charles Macaulay

as Hirsch

Rex Holman

as Dimmler

Colby Chester

as Eliot Howell III

Teno Pollick

as Frankel

Michael Richardson

as Rigger Neuhaus

Herbert Nelson

as Dr. Eckener

Greg Mullavey

as Morrison

David Mauro

as Goebbels