Terror in the Sky

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Terror in the Sky is a 1971 television film remake of 1957's Zero Hour!, which itself was based on the 1956 television play Flight into Danger by Arthur Hailey. The film stars Doug McClure, Lois Nettleton, Roddy McDowall, Leif Erickson, Kenneth Tobey, and Keenan Wynn. Terror in the Sky originally aired on September 17, 1971 on CBS.^[2]

Terror in the Sky
Based on	Flight into Danger by Arthur Hailey
Written by	Elinor Karpf[1]
Directed by	Bernard L. Kowalski
Starring	Doug McClure Leif Erickson Lois Nettleton Roddy McDowall
Music by	Pat Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Running time	74 minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 17, 1971 (1971-09-17)

Plot

Passengers on a plane headed from the Midwest to the West Coast (Winnipeg to Vancouver in the original; Minneapolis to Seattle in the film) get quite ill after eating the chicken pot pie entree. Both pilots also eat the chicken. Passenger George Spencer, a man who has not flown since the Vietnam War (single-engine planes in the original, helicopter/war choppers in the film), is reluctantly pressed into flying the plane, where he makes an emergency landing.

Cast

• Doug McClure - George Spencer
• Leif Erickson - Marty Treleavan
• Roddy McDowall - Dr. Baird
• Lois Nettleton - Janet Turner
• Keenan Wynn - Milton
• Kenneth Tobey - Captain Wilson
• Jack Ging - Controller
• Sam Melville - Stewart
• Leonard Stone - Harry Burdick