Mayday at 40,000 Feet (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.
- Released
- 1977-04-29
- Genres
- Drama, Action, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Robert Butler
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 10 votes
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
- Christopher Norris as Cindy
- Hari Rhodes as Belson
- Warren Vanders as Glen Meyer
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