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Airport '77

Airport '77

  • Status: Released
  • 11-03-1977
  • Runtime: 114 min
  • Score: 5.6
  • Vote count: 303

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.

Jack Lemmon

Don Gallagher

Lee Grant

Karen Wallace

Brenda Vaccaro

Eve Clayton

Joseph Cotten

Nicholas St. Downs III

Olivia de Havilland

Emily Livingston

Darren McGavin

Stan Buchek

Christopher Lee

Martin Wallace

George Kennedy

Joe Patroni

James Stewart

Philip Stevens

Maidie Norman

Dorothy

Pamela Bellwood

Lisa

Anthony Battaglia

Benjy

Kathleen Quinlan

Julie

Arlene Golonka

Mrs. Stern

Elizabeth Cheshire

Bonnie Stern

M. Emmet Walsh

Dr. Williams

Gil Gerard

Frank Powers

James Booth

Ralph Crawford

George Furth

Gerald Lucas

Peter Fox

Tommy Norris

Robert Foxworth

Chambers

Monte Markham

Banker

Monica Lewis

Anne

Robert Hooks

Eddie

Tom Sullivan

Steve

Dar Robinson

Larry

Michael Pataki

Wilson

Ross Bickell

Johnson

Michael Richardson

Walker

Tom Rosqui

Hunter

Richard Venture

Commander Guay

Arthur Adams

Commander Reed

Charles Macaulay

Admiral Corrigan

John Kerry

Lieutenant Commander

Paul Tuerpe

Officer of the Deck

John Clavin

FAA Supervisor

Jimmie Ray Weeks

Pilot

Ted Chapman

Chef

Nancy Burnett

Radar Room Controller

Chuck Hayward

Passenger

M. James Arnett

Passenger

Ron Burke

Passenger

Jo De Winter

Passenger

George S. Whiteman

Passenger

Jean Coulter

Passenger

Janet Brady

Passenger

Charlotte Lord

Stewardess #2

Beverly Gill

Stewardess #3

Chris Lemmon

Radioman

William Whitaker

Radioman

Bill Jelliffe

Controller #1

Rickie Sorensen

Controller #2

Peter Greene

Frogman #1

Asa Teeter

Frogman #2

JPV852

Gets a little slow in the third act during the scuba rescue part but picks up a bit and finishes well enough. Having now seen three of these, while far from great, I'm a sucker for the Airport movies, as preposterous as they can be at times. **3.0/5**

CinemaSerf

Despite - or perhaps because of - a stellar cast, this is a really poor disaster movie that marries the original "Airport" film (1970) with aspects of the "Poseidon Adventure" (1972). James Stewart features sparingly as the owner of an airliner packed full of passengers that finds the Bermuda Triangle the least of it's worries as it faces fog - and an hijack! Captained by Jack Lemmon ("Gallagher") who is ably aided by the super-steward "Karen" (Lee Grant), the incredibly spacious aircraft now finds itself under water and somewhat off course. Can they manage to get to surface and alert would be rescuers? What do you think? Sadly, this is all just a bit too preposterous for words. The last half hour sees the likes of Christopher Lee; Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotton caught up in a series of mini-melodramas as their lives and foibles are aired for us all to see - and none too interestingly, either. The special effects were clearly filmed in a fish tank (albeit one for big fish); the dialogue is fairly bland and the John Cacavas score tries hard to pick up much of the heavy lifting from a cast that neither gelled nor shone here. Happily, we were coming to the end of this often successful genre now - and certainly the idea had been well flogged to death by the time this appeared. Not awful, indeed watchable if it is raining outside, but sadly for such a glittering array of Hollywood royalty - eminently forgettable!