Airplane! (1980)

88 mins
7.3 / 10

Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down.

  • Comedy

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Cast

Robert Hays
as Ted Striker
Julie Hagerty
as Elaine Dickinson
Leslie Nielsen
as Dr. Rumack
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
as Roger Murdock
Lloyd Bridges
as Steve McCroskey
Peter Graves
as Captain Clarence Oveur
Lorna Patterson
as Randy
Robert Stack
as Captain Rex Kramer
Jim Abrahams
as Religious Zealot #6
Jonathan Banks
as Gunderson
Stephen Stucker
as Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs
Frank Ashmore
as Victor Basta
Craig Berenson
as Paul Carey
Barbara Billingsley
as Jive Lady
Lee Bryant
as Mrs. Hammen
Joyce Bulifant
as Mrs. Davis
Mae E. Campbell
as Security Lady
Ethel Merman
as Lieutenant Hurwitz
Jimmie Walker
as Windshield Wiper Man
Jill Whelan
as Lisa Davis
Nora Meerbaum
as Cocaine Lady
Kenneth Tobey
as Air Controller Neubauer
James Hong
as Japanese General
Michelle Stacy
as Young Girl with Coffee
David Leisure
as First Krishna
Ann Nelson
as Hanging Lady
Al White
as Second Jive Dude
Nicholas Pryor
as Mr. Hammen
Cyril O'Reilly
as Soldier
Ted Chapman
as Airport Steward
Jesse Emmett
as Man from India
Norman Alexander Gibbs
as First Jive Dude
Amy Gibson
as Soldier's Girl
Marcy Goldman
as Mrs. Geline
Bob Gorman
as Striped Controller
Rossie Harris
as Joey
Maurice Hill
as Reporter #3
David Hollander
as Young Boy with Coffee
Howard Honig
as Jack
Gregory Itzin
as Religious Zealot #1
Howard Jarvis
as Man in Taxi
Michael Laurence
as Newscaster
Zachary Lewis
as Religious Zealot #3
Barbara Mallory
as Religious Zealot #2
Maureen McGovern
as Nun
Mary Mercier
as Shirley
Len Mooy
as Reporter #1
Laura Nix
as Mrs. Hurwitz
John O'Leary
as Reporter #2
Bill Porter
as Hospital Contortionist
Conrad E. Palmisano
as Religious Zealot #4
Mallory Sandler
as L.A. Ticket Agent
Robert Starr
as Religious Zealot #5
Barbara Stuart
as Mrs. Kramer
Lee Terri
as Mrs. Oveur
William Tregoe
as Jack Kirkpatrick
Hatsuo Uda
as Japanese Newscaster
Herb Voland
as Air Controller Macias
John David Wilder
as Second Krishna
Windy
as Horse
Jason Wingreen
as Dr. Brody
Louise Yaffe
as Mrs. Jaffe
Charlotte Zucker
as Make-up Lady
David Zucker
as Ground Crewman #2
Jerry Zucker
as Ground Crewman #1
Kitten Natividad
as Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane (uncredited)
Larry Blake
as Upside-Down Man (uncredited)
Paula Moody
as Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)
Sandra Lee Gimpel
as Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)
Henry Wills
as Commuter on Baggage Carousel (uncredited)
Joyce Mandel
as Woman on Flight (uncredited)
Gene LeBell
as Religious Zealot (uncredited)
Susan Breslau
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

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