Mayday at 40,000 Feet!

Mayday at 40,000 Feet!

93 mins | Drama, Action, TV Movie | April 29, 1977

The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.

Mayday at 40,000 Feet!

93 mins | Drama, Action, TV Movie | April 29, 1977

Mayday at 40,000 Feet!
The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Warner Bros. Television, Andrew J. Fenady Productions
Original title Mayday at 40,000 Feet!
Directors Robert Butler, Brad H. Aronson
Writers Austin Ferguson, Dick Nelson, Andrew J. Fenady

Cast

David Janssen

as Capt. 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

Hari Rhodes

as Belson

Warren Vanders

as Glen Meyer

Shani Wallis

as Terry Dunlap

Jane Powell

as Kitty Douglass

William Bryant

as Kent

John Pickard

as Wynberg

Steven Marlo

as Controller

James Chandler

as Doctor

Philip Mansour

as Surgeon

Al Molinaro

as Forenzo

Kathleen Bracken

as Julia

Bill Catching

as Dowling

Norland Benson

as Jerry

Philip Baker Hall

as Reporter

Buck Young

as Guard

William Harlow

as 2nd Reporter

Alan Foster

as 3rd Reporter

Gary McLarty

as Carmichael

Ralph Anderson

as Doctor (uncredited)

Bert Williams

as Lars