Airport (1970 movie)

Airport is a 1970 American drama movie. It is based on a novel by Arthur Hailey. It is about an airport almost being closed because of a snow storm while a mad suicide bomber is trying to blow up an airliner in flight.

Airport
Directed by	George Seaton
Written by	Arthur Hailey (novel) George Seaton
Produced by	Ross Hunter
Starring	Burt Lancaster Dean Martin Jean Seberg Jacqueline Bisset George Kennedy Helen Hayes Van Heflin
Cinematography	Ernest Laszlo
Music by	Alfred Newman
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 5, 1970 (1970-03-05)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$10,000,000
Box office	$100,489,151

Cast

• Burt Lancaster as Mel Bakersfeld, airport manager
• Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demerest
• Jean Seberg as Tanya Livingston
• Jacqueline Bisset as Gwen Meighen, stewardess
• George Kennedy as Joe Patroni, chief mechanic
• Helen Hayes as Mrs. Ada Quonsett, stowaway
• Van Heflin as D. O. Guerrero, airplane bomber
• Maureen Stapleton as Inez Guerrero, wife of D.O. Guerrero
• Barry Nelson as Captain Anson Harris
• Dana Wynter as Cindy Bakersfeld, wife of Mel Bakersfeld
• Lloyd Nolan as Harry Standish
• Barbara Hale as Sarah Demerest (sister of Mel Bakersfeld, wife of Vern Demerest)
• Gary Collins as Cy Jordan
• Christopher Lloyd as Patron in diner (uncredited)

Awards

• Academy Awards
  • Oscar Award - Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Helen Hayes
• Golden Globe Awards (1971)
  • Golden Globe Award - Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton (Tied with Karen Black)
• Laurel Awards (1971)
  • Golden Laurel - Best Supporting Female Performance: Helen Hayes

Sequels

Airport has three sequels: Airport 1975, Airport '77, and The Concorde... Airport '79.

Other websites

• Airport on IMDb