"The #1 novel of the year - now a motion picture!"

1970

2h 17m

6.4(408 votes)

Action

Drama

Thriller

Overview

An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.

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Cast & Crew

69 members

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Burt Lancaster

Mel Bakersfeld

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Dana Wynter

Cindy Bakersfeld

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Dean Martin

Vernon Demerest

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Barbara Hale

Sarah Demerest

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Jean Seberg

Tanya Livingston

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Jacqueline Bisset

Gwen Meighen

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George Kennedy

Joe Patroni

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Jodean Lawrence

Marie Patroni

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Helen Hayes

Ada Quonsett

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John Findlater

Peter Coakley

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Van Heflin

D. O. Guerrero

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Maureen Stapleton

Inez Guerrero

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Barry Nelson

Anson Harris

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Eileen Wesson

Judy Barton

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Robert Patten

Captain Benson

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Paul Picerni

Dr. Compagno

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Ilana Dowding

Robbie Bakersfeld

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Lisa Gerritsen

Libby Bakersfeld

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Clark Howat

Bert Weatherby

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Gary Collins

Cy Jordan

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Lloyd Nolan

Harry Standish

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Jessie Royce Landis

Harriet DuBarry Mossman

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Sandra Gould

Millie Miles

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Janis Hansen

Katherine Grace

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William Boyett

Jack Ingram

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James Nolan

Steven Lonigan

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Peter Turgeon

Marcus Rathbone

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Albert Reed Jr.

Ned Ordway

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Dick Winslow

Mr. Schultz

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Virginia Grey

Mrs. Schultz

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Lou Wagner

Schuyler Schultz

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Whit Bissell

Mr. Davidson

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Ena Hartman

Ruth

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Nancy Ann Nelson

Bunnie

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Mary Jackson

Felice

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Patty Poulsen

Joan

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Malila Saint Duval

Maria

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Sharon Harvey

Sally

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Shelly Novack

Rollings

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Lew Brown

Reynolds

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Larry Gates

Ackerman

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Chuck Daniel

Parks

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Charles Brewer

Diller

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Richard Mathews

Controller

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Cathleen Cordell

Mrs. Donovan

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William H. O'Brien

Waiter at Men's Club

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Leoda Richards

Woman on Dais

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Ray Ballard

Gilbert Price (uncredited)

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Chuck Bowman

New York Dispatcher (uncredited)

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Eve Brent

Mrs. David Corman (uncredited)

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John Dennis

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Crew

John Francis

Maurice David (uncredited)

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Harry Harvey

Dr. Avery Smith (uncredited)

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Gordon Jump

Man Inspecting Hole in Plane (uncredited)

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Eve McVeagh

Mrs. Henry Bron (uncredited)

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Pat Priest

Mrs. Jerry Copeland (uncredited)

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Don Ross

John (uncredited)

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Marion Ross

Joan Myers (uncredited)

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Mark Russell

Pfc. Bud Miller (uncredited)

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Frank J. Scannell

Ted Fields (uncredited)

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Susan Seaforth Hayes

First Class Flight Attendant (uncredited)

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Allison McKay

Mrs. Irwin Jansen (uncredited)

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John Nolan

Richard Ross (uncredited)

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Ron Stokes

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Quinn K. Redeker

John Reindel (uncredited)

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Wilma Francis

Elegant Woman Passenger

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Marco López

Harold Lopez (uncredited)

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Dee Carroll

Florence (uncredited)

Directing

Richard Van Vleet

Passenger in Military Uniform (uncredited)

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