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Airplane!
1h 28min
COMEDY
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
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Original Title
Airplane!
Critics & Audience Score
6.5
Total Votes
4,592
Release Year
1980
Runtime (Duration)
1h 28min
Production Budget
$3.5M
Box Office Revenue
$83.5M
Profit / Loss Analysis
$80M
Casting
Actors

Robert Hays
Ted Striker

Julie Hagerty
Elaine Dickinson

Leslie Nielsen
Dr. Rumack

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roger Murdock

Lloyd Bridges
Steve McCroskey

Peter Graves
Capt. Clarence Oveur

Lorna Patterson
Randy

Robert Stack
Captain Rex Kramer

Jim Abrahams
Religious Zealot #6

Jonathan Banks
Gunderson

Stephen Stucker
Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs

Frank Ashmore
Victor Basta

Craig Berenson
Paul Carey

Barbara Billingsley
Jive Lady

Lee Bryant
Mrs. Hammen

Joyce Bulifant
Mrs. Davis
Mae E. Campbell
Security Lady

Ethel Merman
Lieutenant Hurwitz

Jimmie Walker
Windshield Wiper Man

Jill Whelan
Lisa Davis

Nora Meerbaum
Cocaine Lady

Kenneth Tobey
Air Controller Neubauer

James Hong
Japanese General

Michelle Stacy
Young Girl with Coffee

David Leisure
First Krishna

Ann Nelson
Hanging Lady

Al White
Second Jive Dude

Nicholas Pryor
Mr. Hammen

Cyril O'Reilly
Soldier
Ted Chapman
Airport Steward
Jesse Emmett
Man from India
Norman Alexander Gibbs
First Jive Dude
Amy Gibson
Soldier's Girl

Marcy Goldman
Mrs. Geline
Bob Gorman
Striped Controller
Rossie Harris
Joey
Maurice Hill
Reporter #3
David Hollander
Young Boy with Coffee
Howard Honig
Jack

Gregory Itzin
Religious Zealot #1
Howard Jarvis
Man in Taxi

Michael Laurence
Newscaster
Zachary Lewis
Religious Zealot #3

Barbara Mallory
Religious Zealot #2

Maureen McGovern
Nun
Mary Mercier
Shirley
Len Mooy
Reporter #1
Laura Nix
Mrs. Hurwitz

John O'Leary
Reporter #2
Bill Porter
Hospital Contortionist

Conrad E. Palmisano
Religious Zealot #4

Mallory Sandler
L.A. Ticket Agent

Robert Starr
Religious Zealot #5

Barbara Stuart
Mrs. Kramer
Lee Terri
Mrs. Oveur

William Tregoe
Jack Kirkpatrick
Hatsuo Uda
Japanese Newscaster

Herb Voland
Air Controller Macias
John David Wilder
Second Krishna
Windy
Horse

Jason Wingreen
Dr. Brody
Louise Yaffe
Mrs. Jaffe
Charlotte Zucker
Make-up Lady

David Zucker
Ground Crewman #2

Jerry Zucker
Ground Crewman #1

Kitten Natividad
Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane (uncredited)

Larry Blake
Upside-Down Man (uncredited)

Paula Moody
Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Sandra Lee Gimpel
Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Henry Wills
Commuter on Baggage Carousel (uncredited)

Joyce Mandel
Woman on Flight (uncredited)

Gene LeBell
Religious Zealot (uncredited)
Susan Breslau
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Crew

Jim Abrahams
DIRECTOR

David Zucker
DIRECTOR

Jerry Zucker
DIRECTOR

Jim Abrahams
WRITER

David Zucker
WRITER

Jerry Zucker
WRITER

Elmer Bernstein
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Jim Abrahams
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

David Zucker
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Jerry Zucker
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Jon Davison
PRODUCER
Joseph F. Biroc
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Joel Thurm
CASTING
Ward Preston
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anne D. McCulley
SET DECORATION

Rosanna Norton
COSTUME DESIGN
Edwin Butterworth
MAKEUP ARTIST
Joan Phillips
HAIRSTYLIST
Maurice Vaccarino
UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER
Mike Higelmire
ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR
Clancy T. Troutman
SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR
Jeff Carson
MUSIC EDITOR

John Frazier
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Robert Blalack
VISUAL EFFECTS

Conrad E. Palmisano
STUNT COORDINATOR
Hunt Lowry
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Kenneth D. Collins
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Arne Schmidt
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Jeff Clark
SIGN PAINTER
Tom Crowl
ASSISTANT PROPERTY MASTER
Wally Graham
CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR
Mike Higelmire
LEADMAN
Joseph E. Hubbard
SET DESIGNER
Steven M. Levine
PROPERTY MASTER
David E. Campbell
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER
Jeff Clark
ASSISTANT SOUND EDITOR
David J. Hudson
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER
Dennis Jones
BOOM OPERATOR
Tom Overton
SOUND MIXER
John T. Reitz
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER
James Troutman
SOUND EDITOR
Max W. Anderson
VISUAL EFFECTS
Chris Casady
VISUAL EFFECTS
Bill Hedge
VISUAL EFFECTS
Jamie Shourt
VISUAL EFFECTS
Leigh Walsh
STUNT DOUBLE
C.D. Smith
STUNTS
Jamie Anderson
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Brink Brydon
GAFFER
Jerry Deats
GRIP
Bill Decker
GRIP
William E. Fitch
GRIP
Larry Gilhooly
GAFFER
M. Todd Henry
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Norman Lang
ELECTRICIAN
John Monte
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Nick Papanickolas
GRIP
Frederic J. Smith
CAMERA OPERATOR
Edmond Wright
GRIP
Susan Arnold
ADDITIONAL CASTING
Wallis Nicita
ADDITIONAL CASTING
Gretchen Rennell
ADDITIONAL CASTING
Aggie Lyon
COSTUME SUPERVISOR
Victoria Snow
COSTUMER
Scott K. Wallace
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Kathy Durning
MUSIC EDITOR
David Spear
ORCHESTRATOR
Nancy Hansen
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Adam Culunga
CRAFT SERVICE
Tom Mahoney
CHOREOGRAPHER
Sam Mattingly
UNIT PUBLICIST
Huey Redwine
STAND IN
Art Sarno
UNIT PUBLICIST
J.L. Mitchell
ANIMAL WRANGLER
Dick Webb
ANIMAL WRANGLER

Pat Proft
THANKS
Rob Bottin
MAKEUP ARTIST
Bob Stein
MAKEUP ARTIST
Janet Brady
STUNTS

Paula Moody
STUNTS
Leslie Hoffman
STUNTS

Bruce Paul Barbour
STUNTS
Roger Creed
STUNTS
Chuck Hayward
STUNTS
David LeBell
STUNTS

Diane Peterson
STUNTS
Nick Palmisano
STUNTS

Dar Robinson
STUNTS
Rick Seaman
STUNTS
Russell Saunders
STUNTS
Greg Walker
STUNTS
Jesse Wayne
STUNTS
Patrick Kennedy
EDITOR

Debbie Evans
STUNTS

Gene LeBell
STUNTS
Paula Dell
STUNTS

Sandra Lee Gimpel
STUNTS

Dan Perri
TITLE DESIGNER

Peter Kuran
VISUAL EFFECTS

Mary Peters
STUNTS