
About
The persons and events in this film are fictitious - fortunately! A masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy, Airplane! features Robert Hays as an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning; Julie Hagerty as his girlfriend/stewardess/co-pilot; and a cast of all-stars including Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen,...
Cast

Robert Hays
Ted Striker

Julie Hagerty
Elaine

Leslie Nielsen
Dr. Rumack

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Murdock

Lloyd Bridges
McCroskey

Peter Graves
Captain Oveur

Lorna Patterson
Randy

Robert Stack
Rex Kramer

Jim Abrahams
Religious zealot #6
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