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Airport

Airport

The #1 novel of the year - now a motion picture!

19706.52h 17m

Overview

An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.

Directed by George Seaton
Written by George Seaton, Arthur Hailey
Produced by Ross Hunter
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0MRevenue: $100.5M

Top Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Mel Bakersfeld

Dana Wynter

Dana Wynter

Cindy Bakersfeld

Dean Martin

Dean Martin

Vernon Demerest

Barbara Hale

Barbara Hale

Sarah Demerest

Jean Seberg

Jean Seberg

Tanya Livingston

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

Gwen Meighen

George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Joe Patroni

J

Jodean Lawrence

Marie Patroni

Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes

Ada Quonsett

John Findlater

John Findlater

Peter Coakley

Themes & Keywords

airplaneairportbased on novel or bookpanicbombstowawaysnowstormlandingdeceptionblizzarddisaster moviesuicide bombersnowplow

About Airport

Airport is a action, drama, thriller film released in 1970 exploring themes of airplane, airport, based on novel or book, panic, bomb, stowaway. Directed by George Seaton, it stars Burt Lancaster, Dana Wynter, Dean Martin. An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.

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