airport movie 1975 1977 Cast Plot

Airport movie Cast.
Burt Lancaster as Mel Bakersfeld, airport manager
Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demerest, checkride pilot on Trans Global Flight Two
Jean Seberg as Tanya Livingston, public relations agent for Trans Global Airlines
Jacqueline Bisset as Gwen Meighen, chief stewardess on Flight Two
George Kennedy as Joe Patroni, chief mechanic for TWA, on loan to Trans Global
Helen Hayes as Mrs. Ada Quonsett, stowaway
Van Heflin as D. O. Guerrero, former contractor, in bankruptcy
Maureen Stapleton as Mrs. Inez Guerrero
Barry Nelson as pilot Anson Harris, Captain on Flight Two
Dana Wynter as Cindy Bakersfeld, wife of Mel Bakersfeld
Lloyd Nolan as Standish, the head of Customs at Lincoln Int'l Airport
Barbara Hale as Sarah Demerest (sister of Mel Bakersfeld, wife of Vernon Demerest)
Gary Collins as Cy Jordan, the second officer/flight engineer of Flight Two
Ena Hartman as Ruth, tourist class stewardess
Patty Poulsen as Joan, tourist class stewardess
Marion Ross as Passenger "Can we get a blanket?"
Movie Trailer: Airport: 1970

Airport movie plot.
This film was based on the best-selling novel by Arthur Hailey. With considerable attention to the details of day-to-day airport and airline operations, the plot of the movie concerns the response to both a paralyzing snowstorm and to an attempt to blow up an airliner. Demolition expert D.O. Guerrero (Van Heflin), down on his luck and with a history of mental illness, purchases a life insurance policy with the intent to commit suicide by blowing up a Rome-bound Boeing 707 Intercontinental jet from a snowbound Chicago airport. He plans to do this while he is on board using a self-made bomb hidden inside an attache case, while in flight over the Atlantic Ocean. Guerrero does this in the hope that his wife, Inez (Maureen Stapleton) will benefit from the insurance money. The explosion causes explosive decompression but only Guerrero is sucked out of the plane. The plane returns to Chicago where it makes a successful emergency landing – all while the airport is in the midst of a snowstorm with one runway closed from a stuck-in-the-snow airliner.
In the movie, Dean Martin who plays checkride pilot Vernon Demarest, calls into Cleveland Center on his way to Chicago. Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Center is a reference to the ARTCC or Air Route Traffic Control Center in Oberlin, Ohio. This center is the busiest control centers because of air traffic.
Airport Movie Title Sequence

The film is characterized by ensemble acting in which many different personal stories intertwine, and through emphasis on the decisions which must be made minute-by-minute by the airport staff.
Airport is a 1970 film based on the 1968 Arthur Hailey novel of the same name. This film, which earned over $100,000,000 at the box office, focuses on an airport manager trying to keep his airport open during a snowstorm, while a suicidal bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 in flight. The film cost $10 million to produce.
Airport paved the way for the disaster film genre and established some of the conventions of that genre.
The movie was written for the screen and directed by George Seaton. Seaton was assisted by Henry Hathaway, and Ernest Laszlo photographed it in 70 mm Todd-AO. It was the last film scored by Alfred Newman before his death.
This story takes place at the fictional Chicago-area Lincoln International Airport.
The success of Airport spawned three sequels, the first two of which were box office hits.
Airport 1975
Airport '77
The Concorde...Airport '79
The one actor appearing in all four "Airport" films was George Kennedy in recurring role of Joe Patroni. Patroni's character evolves over the series, however, and he goes from a chief mechanic in Airport to a Vice President of Operations in Airport 1975, a consultant in Airport '77, and an experienced pilot in The Concorde...Airport '79.
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