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27/06/1980 Comedy 1h 28m
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What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?

Overview

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

  1. Jerry Zucker

    Director, Writer

  2. David Zucker

    Director, Writer

  3. Jim Abrahams

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Hays

    Ted Striker

  2. Julie Hagerty

    Elaine Dickinson

  3. Leslie Nielsen

    Dr. Rumack

  4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

    Roger Murdock

  5. Lloyd Bridges

    Steve McCroskey

  6. Peter Graves

    Capt. Clarence Oveur

  7. Robert Stack

    Captain Rex Kramer

  8. Lorna Patterson

    Randy

  9. Jill Whelan

    Lisa Davis

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto
Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2024-04-04
**A memorable comedy that deserves to be revisited occasionally.**

I can't say how innovative this film was in its time because I'm not one of those cinema experts who know almost everything (I'd like to know more, and I always learn more, but I'm reduced to the insignificance of knowing little). However, as far as I can understand, I think it was one of the first nonsense American satires, heavily inspired by Monty Python, an English group that was having its biggest successes at that time, and the film “National Lampoon Animal House”, which had also been released at this time.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,500,000.00

Revenue
$83,453,539.00

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