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Airport

on BBC Two England

The feature film starring

The feature film version of Arthur Hailey's best-selling novel is a powerful suspense story of a life-and-death drama set in an international airport.

In the face of the worst blizzard in 30 years, dedicated airport-manager Mel Bakersfeld battles to keep the runways clear and the 'planes on schedule, well aware that his high-voltage workstyle is burning up his marriage. Mel's brother-in-law, crack pilot Vernon Demerest, also has problems in his private life but he forgets them when he discovers that he has a dangerous psychotic aboard his aeroplane. As Mel and his men struggle to the limits of endurance to overcome a long line of emergencies, a crisis explodes thousands of feet above.

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Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Arthur Hailey
Producer:
Ross Hunter
Writer/Director:
George Seaton
Mel Bakersfeld:
Burt Lancaster
Vernon Demerest:
Dean Martin
Tanya Livingston:
Jean Seberg
Gwen Meighen:
Jacqueline Bisset
Joe Patroni:
George Kennedy
Ada Quonsett:
Helen Hayes
D.O. Guerrero:
Van Heflin
Mrs Guerrero:
Maureen Stapleton
Anson Harris:
Barry Nelson
Harry Standish:
Lloyd Nolan
Cindy:
Dana Wynter
Sarah:
Barbara Hale

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