“Airport” is an action thriller disaster movie, the first of a series, screenplay by George Seaton from the Novel by Arthur Hailey and Directed by George Seaton and Henry Hathaway.
The movie revolves around the airport
manager of Lincoln International Airport, near Chicago, Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster),
who has to contend with a paralyzing snowstorm, environmental concerns over
noise pollution, a blocked runway, schedule issues, an habitual elderly Trans
Global Airlines stowaway, Ada Quonsett (Helen Hayes), manpower problems, frozen
runways, equipment malfunctions and a suicide bomber, D.O. Guerrero (Van
Heflin) plans to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
A first class movie which was the for
runner of the disaster movie genre, helped in no small measure by a great cast
including: Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Maureen
Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Dana Wynter and Lloyd Nolan.
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