Terror in the Sky

1971 American TV series or program

Terror in the Sky
Written by	Arthur Hailey (novel) Elinor Karpf^[1]
Directed by	Bernard L. Kowalski
Starring	Doug McClure Leif Erickson Lois Nettleton Roddy McDowall
Music by	Pat Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Running time	74 minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 17, 1971 (1971-09-17)

Terror in the Sky is a 1971 television film remake of 1957's Zero Hour!, which itself was based on the 1956 television play Flight into Danger by Arthur Hailey. The film stars Doug McClure, Lois Nettleton, Roddy McDowall, Leif Erickson, Kenneth Tobey, and Keenan Wynn. Terror in the Sky originally aired on September 17, 1971 on CBS.^[2]

Plot

Passengers on a plane headed from the Midwest to the West Coast (Winnipeg to Vancouver in the original; Minneapolis to Seattle in the film) get quite ill after eating the chicken pot pie entree. Both pilots also eat the chicken. Passenger George Spencer, a man who has not flown since the Vietnam War (single-engine planes in the original, helicopter/war choppers in the film), is reluctantly pressed into flying the plane, where he makes an emergency landing.

Cast

Doug McClure - George Spencer
Leif Erickson - Marty Treleavan
Roddy McDowall - Dr. Baird
Lois Nettleton - Janet Turner
Keenan Wynn - Milton
Kenneth Tobey - Captain Wilson
Jack Ging - Controller
Sam Melville - Stewart
Leonard Stone - Harry Burdick

References

^ Deal, David (2011). Television Fright Films of the 1970s. McFarland p. 45. ISBN 978-0-7864-5514-0.
^ "Made-For-TV Movie Rankings". Variety. January 25, 1972. p. 81.

External links

Terror in the Sky at IMDb

Films directed by Bernard L. Kowalski

Hot Car Girl (1958)
Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Blood and Steel (1959)
Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
Stiletto (1969)
Macho Callahan (1970)
Terror in the Sky (1971)
Black Noon (1971)
Two for the Money (1972)
Women in Chains (1972)
The Woman Hunter (1972)
Sssssss (1973)
The Nativity (1978)

v t e Arthur Hailey's Airport (1968)
Film series	Airport (1970) Airport 1975 (1974) Airport '77 (1977) The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)
Related films	Flight into Danger (1956) Zero Hour! (1957) Terror in the Sky (1971) Airplane! (1980) Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

v t e Works by Arthur Hailey
Novels	Flight into Danger The Final Diagnosis (1959) In High Places (1962) Hotel (1965) Airport (1968) Wheels (1971) The Moneychangers (1975) Overload (1979) Strong Medicine (1984) The Evening News (1990) Detective (1997)
Adaptations	Zero Hour! (1957) The Young Doctors (1961) Hotel (1967) Airport (1970) Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers (1976 miniseries) Wheels (1978 miniseries) Arthur Hailey's Hotel (1983–1988 TV series) Strong Medicine (1986 miniseries) Detective (2005 miniseries)