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Zero Hour! ()

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In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
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Lt. Ted Stryker
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Ellen Stryker
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Capt. Martin Treleaven
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Capt. Bill Wilson
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Dr. Baird
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Tony Decker
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Stewardess Janet Turner
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Mrs. Joan Wilson (as Carole Eden)
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Harry Burdick
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First Officer Walt Stewart
Jo Ann Wade ...
Treleaven's Baby Sitter
Ray Ferrell ...
Joey Stryker (as Raymond Ferrell)
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TV Singer
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RCAF Doctor
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Sick Plane Passenger
David Thursby ...
Whitmond
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Vancouver Control Man
Fintan Meyler ...
Hysterical Woman
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Vancouver Radio Dispatcher
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Vancouver Flight Dispatcher
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Calgary Operator
Mary Newton ...
Plane Passenger with Rosary Beads
Will Sage ...
Vancouver Radar Controller
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Older Woman
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Vancouver Policeman (as Will White)
Richard Keith ...
Calgary Station Manager
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Toer Operator
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Frank Graham
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Billy Regis Band ...
Nightclub Orchestra (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Rudy Germane ...
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Editor (uncredited)
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Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Paula Kyle ...
Hysterical Passenger (uncredited)
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Vancouver Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
James Maloney ...
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Sheila Noonan ...
Passenger with Baby (uncredited)
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Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Billy Regis ...
Nightclub Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
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Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)
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Passenger with Sick Wife (uncredited)

Directed by

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Hall Bartlett

Written by

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Arthur Hailey ... (screenplay) &
Hall Bartlett ... (screenplay) &
John C. Champion ... (screenplay) (as John Champion)
 
Arthur Hailey ... (teleplay "Flight Into Danger")

Produced by

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John C. Champion ... producer

Music by

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Ted Dale

Cinematography by

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John F. Warren ... director of photography

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John C. Fuller

Production Design by

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Boris Leven

Set Decoration by

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Ross Dowd

Makeup Department

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Steve Drumm ... makeup artist
Kay Shea ... hair stylist
Lillian Shore ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Lee Lukather ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Buddy Messinger ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Tom Coleman ... property master
Ben Mantz ... sketch artist

Sound Department

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Lyle Figland ... sound recordist
Charles Grenzbach ... sound recordist

Special Effects by

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Norman O'Skeete ... special effects
Al Henley ... special effects (uncredited)

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John P. Fulton ... special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Thomas Morris ... camera operator (uncredited)
Gene Polito ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eddie Armand ... wardrobe (as Eddie Armand Scheffer)
Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Ted Dale ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Joan Eremin ... script supervisor (as Joan Eremin Buck)

Additional Crew

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Newt Arnold ... assistant to producer
Wink Blair ... executive secretary
Harold Cope ... technical advisor
Paul Mantz ... night aerial footage (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

A routine flight turns into a major emergency as passengers and crew succumb to food poisoning - is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane? If that sounds vaguely familiar, it's because 'Airplane' was a send-up of this forerunner of the 1970s disaster movie.. Written by Michael Brooke

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Taglines STRANGERS ROCKETING TOWARD DISASTER IN ONE OF THE MOST SUSPENSFUL MOTION PICTURES EVER MAD! (original print ad-all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • À l'heure zéro (France)
  • Suspense... hora cero (Spain)
  • À l'heure zéro (Canada, French title)
  • La hora trágica (Argentina)
  • I 12. time (Norway)
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  • 81 min
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Box Office

Budget $400,764 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Although several air crisis films contributed a range of clichés that would appear in the parody Airplane! (1980), Airplane! was directly based on this film. The writers noted down every quirk and came up with such great material that they decided to make their own comedy film. To avoid lawsuits and royalty issues, and as Zero Hour was so obscure, they found that they could afford to buy the rights to the entire film and then do whatever they wished. This would inspire Airplane! fans to view Zero Hour with cult-like status, organizing viewings during which they could spot all the clichés. See more »
Goofs While the airplane is in flight, the instruments show an airspeed of 40-60 mph (which would mean the plane was in a stall) and oil and fuel pressure readings of 0 (which would mean the engines were off). See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Airplane: Long-Haul Version (2005). See more »
Soundtracks Zero Hour See more »
Quotes Dr. Baird: Our survival hinges on one thing - finding someone who not only can fly this plane, but didn't have fish for dinner.
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