What in the blue heck is this????

[huskers1217]

Zero Hour! (1957) - IMDb

Zero Hour!: Directed by Hall Bartlett. With Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch. In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner...

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[huskers1217]

 

[calsnowskier]

I have never seen this one, but it is the direct inspiration for Airplane! In fact, the producers of Airplane! bought the rights to this movie at the start of production just so they could do anything they wanted with Airplane! without having to worry about getting permission.

 

[SJ76]

 

[huskers1217]

I have never seen this one, but it is the direct inspiration for Airplane! In fact, the producers of Airplane! bought the rights to this movie at the start of production just so they could do anything they wanted with Airplane! without having to worry about getting permission.

noticed in Zero hour , the kid that went to the cockpit was Ted Stryker's kid.