Airport 1975
| Airport 1975 | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster by George Akimoto | |
| Directed by | Jack Smight |
| Written by | Don Ingalls |
| Based on | Characters by Arthur Hailey |
| Produced by | William Frye |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Edited by | J. Terry Williams |
| Music by | John Cacavas |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $103 million |
Airport 1975 (also known as Airport '75) is a 1974 American disaster film, and the second installment in the Airport film series. It is directed by Jack Smight, produced by William Frye, and from a screenplay by Don Ingalls. The film stars Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Sid Caesar, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Nancy Olson, Ed Nelson, Myrna Loy, Augusta Summerland, Helen Reddy in her film debut, and Gloria Swanson in her final film.
The plot concerns the dramatic events aboard an airborne Boeing 747 when a small aircraft crashes into the cockpit, causing the fatalities of the First Officer and Flight Engineer and the blinding of the Captain, leaving no one aboard qualified to take the controls.
Airport 1975 was released by Universal Pictures on October 18, 1974. Despite generally poor reviews, the film was a commercial success, becoming the seventh highest-grossing movie of 1974 at the US and Canada box office.