Zero Hour!
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| Zero Hour! | |
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Promotional film poster |
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| Directed by | Hall Bartlett |
| Produced by | John C. Champion Hall Bartlett |
| Written by | Arthur Hailey |
| Starring | Dana Andrews Linda Darnell |
| Music by | Ted Dale Arthur Hamilton |
| Cinematography | John F. Warren |
| Editing by | John C. Fuller |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 13, 1957 |
| Running time | 81 min. |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
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Zero Hour! is a 1957 movie written by Arthur Hailey, starring Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Sterling Hayden. Zero Hour! served as the basis for the much more widely known spoof Airplane!. The film was a remake of Hailey's 1956 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation play Flight into Danger. Hailey also co-wrote a novel with John Castle based on the same premise, titled Flight Into Danger: Runway Zero-Eight (1958).
The rights to the movie were purchased by the makers of Airplane!, and they were able to use the screenplay almost verbatim. In later years, the film was acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on June 26, 2007.
[edit] Cast
- Dana Andrews .... Lt. Ted Stryker
- Linda Darnell .... Ellen Stryker
- Sterling Hayden .... Captain Martin Treleaven
- Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch .... Capt. Bill Wilson, Pilot
- Geoffrey Toone .... Dr. Baird
- Jerry Paris .... Tony Decker
- Peggy King .... Stewardess Janet Turner
- Charles Quinlivan .... Harry Burdick
- Patricia Tiernan .... Mrs. Joan Wilson (as Carole Eden)
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