Zero Hour!

Director: Hall Bartlett Hall Bartlett

Overview

This suspenseful air-borne adventure can rightfully lay claim to being the Mother of All subsequent in-flight disaster films of the '70s. The trouble begins when the pilot and crew of a Canadian passenger plane suddenly find themselves doubled over from accidental ptomaine poisoning and unable to continue flying the plane. The only other person on board who can save the terrified crew is a former WW II flying ace who is petrified of flying again. Fortunately, a courageous steel-nerved ground controller is there to offer full-radio support. Later the film became the basis of a TV movie Terror in the Sky and the hilarious parody Airplane (1980). Arthur Hailey, who wrote the teleplay on which this was based, went on to write the novel and the screenplay for 1970's Airport.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/04/2017
UPC:	0888574488505
Original Release:	1957
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:21:00
Sales rank:	19,269

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dana Andrews	Lt. Ted Stryker
Sterling Hayden	Capt. Martin Treleaven
Linda Darnell	Ellen Stryker
Peggy King	Janet Turner
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch	Capt. Wilson
Geoffrey Toone	Dr. Baird
Jerry Paris	Tony Decker
Carole Eden	Mrs. Wilson
Charles Quinlivan	Burdick
Ray Ferrell	Joey Stryker
David Thursby	Whitmond
Russell Thorson	Flight Dispatcher
Willis Bouchey	RCAF Doctor,RCAF Doctor
Joanne Wade	Baby Sitter
Richard Keith	Station Manager
Raymond Farrell	Joey Strvcker
Steve London	Copilot Stewart
John Ashley	TV Singer
Maxine Cooper	Sick Woman on Plane
Noel Drayton	Vancouver Control Man
Fintan Meyler	Hysterical Woman
Larry Thor	Vancouver Radio Dispatcher
Bob Stevenson	Air Traffic Controller
Jon-Mikl Thor	Actor
Mary Newton	Mrs. Purty
Willard Sage	Vancouver Radar Controller
Will J. White	Vancouver Policeman
Hope Summers	Mrs. Summers
Arthur Hanson	Reporter
Roy Gordon	Frank Graham
Woodrow Chambliss	Actor

Technical Credits

Hall Bartlett

Arthur Hailey

Hall Bartlett	Director,Screenwriter
Arthur Hailey	Screenwriter
John C. Champion	Producer