Cast
Dana Andrews
Lt. Ted Stryker
Linda Darnell
Ellen Stryker
Sterling Hayden
Captain Martin Treleaven
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch
Capt. Bill Wilson
Geoffrey Toone
Dr. Baird
Jerry Paris
Tony Decker
Peggy King
Stewardess Janet Turner
Charles Quinlivan
Harry Burdick
Patricia Tiernan
Mrs. Joan Wilson
Steve London
First Officer Walt Stewart
Jo Ann Wade
Treleaven's Baby Sitter
Ray Ferrell
Joey Stryker
John Ashley
TV Singer
Willis Bouchey
RCAF Doctor
Maxine Cooper
Sick Plane Passenger
David Thursby
Whitmond
Noel Drayton
Vancouver Control Man
Fintan Meyler
Hysterical Woman
Larry Thor
Vancouver Radio Dispatcher
Russell Thorson
Vancouver Flight Dispatcher
Robert Stevenson
Calgary Operator
Mary Newton
Plane Passenger with Rosary Be...
Will Sage
Vancouver Radar Controller
Will J. White
Vancouver Policeman
Hope Summers
Older Woman
Richard Keith
Calgary Station Manager
Arthur Hanson
Toer Operator
Roy Gordon
Frank Graham
Woody Chambliss
Reporter (uncredited)
William Conrad
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Details
Status
Released
Original language
en
Countries
US
Reviews
Tension and Terror in the Skies!
Famously parodied as Airplane in 1980, it gets forgotten just what a rollicking good thriller Zero Hour! is. Dana Andrews is the airman scarred by an incident during the war who has to battle his demons when the crew and passengers of the jumbo jet he is aboard fall victim to food poisoning. Sterling Hayden is down on the ground smoking loads of ciggies and having no faith in trying to talk Andrews down safely.
One of the first disaster aeroplane...
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