Skyjacked (1972)
3.0 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 41min
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- Synopsis:
During a routine flight to Minneapolis, a passenger (Susan Dey) aboard Global Airways Flight 502, a Boeing 707, discovers a bomb threat written on the mirror of one of the first-class bathrooms. A second threat is soon found left on a napkin in a galley. Captain Hank O'Hara (Charlton Heston) takes the cryptic threats seriously and follows the instructions - "Bomb on plane divert to Anchorage Alaska. No Joke, No Tricks. Death" - by changing course for Alaska. To avoid an explosive decompression if a bomb goes off, he flies at lower altitude, increasing fuel consumption. The weather at Anchorage is so poor, a United States Air Force ground-controlled approach specialist (Claude Akins) is called in. His radar shows a small aircraft with radio failure that is approaching the same runway, but Flight 502 has too little fuel to go around. O'Hara sees the other aircraft at the last moment and manages to avoid a collision and land safely... - Actors:
- Charlton Heston, James Brolin, Yvette Mimieux, Claude Akins, Jeanne Crain, Susan Dey, Roosevelt Grier, Mariette Hartley, Walter Pidgeon, Ken Swofford, Leslie Uggams, Ross Elliott, Nicholas Hammond, Mike Henry, Jayson Kane, Toni Clayton, John Hillerman, Kelley Miles, Maureen Connell, John Fiedler
- Directors:
- John Guillermin
- Writers:
- Stanley R. Greenberg, David Harper
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films About Planes and Pilots
