The Concorde... Airport '79
| The Concorde... Airport '79 | |
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| Directed by | David Lowell Rich |
| Screenplay by | Eric Roth |
| Story by | Jennings Lang |
| Based on | Characters by Arthur Hailey |
| Produced by | Jennings Lang |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million |
| Box office | $65 million |
The Concorde... Airport '79 (released in the UK as Airport '80: The Concorde) is a 1979 American disaster film, and the fourth and final installment of the Airport film series. It is directed by David Lowell Rich, produced by Jennings Lang, from a screenplay by Eric Roth and a story by Lang. The film's ensemble cast features George Kennedy, who appeared in all four films from the Airport series, along with Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, Sylvia Kristel, Eddie Albert, Bibi Andersson, Charo, Cicely Tyson, Jimmie Walker, David Warner, Mercedes McCambridge and Martha Raye.
Although critically panned and commercially unsuccessful in North America, the film was a financial hit internationally, grossing a total of $65 million on a $14 million budget.