Airport '77
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.
Critics Sentiment
Navy divers use balloons to raise aircraft toward surface
The 747 collides with offshore drilling platform in fog
The film recovers dramatically from its lowest point at the platform collision to sustained high scores during the Navy rescue sequences, gaining 4.5 points.
Airport '77 starts with mixed reception due to its implausible hijacking premise, hits bottom during the absurd collision sequence, but rebounds strongly once the underwater survival and Navy rescue operations begin. The technical spectacle of the plane-raising climax represents the film's peak achievement, though the overall arc shows a disaster movie that succeeds more as rescue thriller than heist story.
Full cast
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Jack Lemmon
Don Gallagher
Lee Grant
Karen Wallace
Brenda Vaccaro
Eve Clayton
Joseph Cotten
Nicholas St. Downs III
Olivia de Havilland
Emily Livingston
Darren McGavin
Stan Buchek
Christopher Lee
Martin Wallace
George Kennedy
Joe Patroni
James Stewart
Philip Stevens
Maidie Norman
Dorothy
Pamela Bellwood
Lisa
Anthony Battaglia
Benjy
Kathleen Quinlan
Julie
Arlene Golonka
Mrs. Stern
Elizabeth Cheshire
Bonnie Stern
M. Emmet Walsh
Dr. Williams
Gil Gerard
Frank Powers
James Booth
Ralph Crawford
George Furth
Gerald Lucas
Peter Fox
Tommy Norris
Crew
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