8.5 Score

1980 • 1h 28min • PG • Comedy

Airplane!

"What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?"

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

IMDb 7.7

RT 97%

MC 78

Director

Jim Abrahams

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Elmer Bernstein

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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

Robert Stack

Captain Rex Kramer

Lorna Patterson

Randy

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Leslie Nielsen Dr. Rumack

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Lloyd Bridges Steve McCroskey

Peter Graves Capt. Clarence Oveur

Robert Stack Captain Rex Kramer

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