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Zero Hour!

1957, Movie, NR, 81 mins

ZERO HOUR!
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The crew of a Canadian passenger plane comes down with food poisoning and cannot finish the flight. WW II fighter pilot Andrews must take the controls and land the plane. Can he overcome his neurosis about flying? Can he rekindle wife Darnell's love for him? Can ground controller Hayden bring it all to a happy ending? Great fun, based on a TV drama written by Hailey, who would go on to pen the novel and film AIRPORT, ZERO HOUR! also served as the basis for the wild comedy AI... read more leave a comment
Decker (Jerry Paris!) and stewardess Janet (Peggy King) lead into Stryker (Dana Andrews) introducing Joey (Raymond Ferrell) to pilot Wilson (Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch) as Airplane! (1980) ruminates in Zero Hour!, 1957.
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Posted: 8/19/2009
The name "Ted Stryker" may sound familiar as William Conrad narrates after the opening credits for Zero Hour!, 1957, which became the basis for the 1980 hit satire Airplane!.
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Posted: 8/19/2009
No mention of sniffing glue but Treleaven (Sterling Hayden) makes his feelings known to Burdick (Charles Quinlivan) in the airliner-crisis drama Zero Hour!, 1957, spoofed in Airplane, 1980.
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Posted: 8/19/2009
Sterling Hayden (as "Treleaven") and Dana Andrews (as "Ted Stryker") are giving Lloyd Bridges and Robert Hays (in Airplane, 1980) plenty to work with in the airliner-crisis thriller Zero Hour!, 1957.
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Posted: 8/19/2009
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Year: 1957
Rated NR

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Cast
Dana Andrews: Ted Stryker
Linda Darnell: Ellen Stryker
Sterling Hayden: Treleaven
Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch: Capt. Wilson
Geoffrey Toone: Dr. Baird
Jerry Paris: Tony Decker

 

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