Mayday at 40,000 Feet

April. 29,1977      NR
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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