Top billed cast

1. 

   Dana Andrews

   Lt. Ted Stryker

2. 

   Linda Darnell

   Ellen Stryker

3. 

   Sterling Hayden

   Captain Martin Treleaven

4. 

   Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch

   Capt. Bill Wilson

5. 

   Geoffrey Toone

   Dr. Baird

6. 

   Jerry Paris

   Tony Decker

7. 

   Peggy King

   Stewardess Janet Turner

8. 

   Charles Quinlivan

   Harry Burdick

9. 

   Patricia Tiernan

   Mrs. Joan Wilson

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-12-29

Tension and Terror in the Skies!

Famously parodied as Airplane in 1980, it gets forgotten just what a rollicking good thriller Zero Hour! is. Dana Andrews is the airman scarred by an incident during the war who has to battle his demons when the crew and passengers of the jumbo jet he is aboard fall victim to food poisoning. Sterling Hayden is down on the ground smoking loads of ciggies and having no faith in trying to talk Andrews down safely.

One of the first disaster aeroplane movies, it follows what we now regard as the staples of the genre. Troubled protagonist, family strife, calm c...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• canada
• airplane
• airport
• disaster
• food poisoning
• doctor
• crash landing