The Concorde... Airport '79

The Concorde... Airport '79
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Lowell Rich
Screenplay byEric Roth
Story byJennings Lang
Based onCharacters
by Arthur Hailey
Produced byJennings Lang
Starring
CinematographyPhilip H. Lathrop
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • August 17, 1979 (1979-08-17)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.