Airport 1975
“Something hit us... The crew is dead... Help us, please, please help us!”
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Action
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Airport 1975 performed
Budget
$3.0M
Worldwide Gross
$103.0M
Gross Profit
$100.0M
Return
34.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$15M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Alan Murdock
Charlton Heston
Alan Murdock
Nancy Pryor
Karen Black
Nancy Pryor
Joe Patroni
George Kennedy
Joe Patroni
Captain Stacy
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Captain Stacy
Helen Patroni
Susan Clark
Helen Patroni
Sister Ruth
Helen Reddy
Sister Ruth
Janice Abbott
Linda Blair
Janice Abbott
Scott Freeman
Dana Andrews
Scott Freeman
Urias
Roy Thinnes
Urias
Barney
Sid Caesar
Barney
Mrs. Devaney
Myrna Loy
Mrs. Devaney
Major John Alexander
Ed Nelson
Major John Alexander
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