The Concorde--Airport '79
Brief Synopsis
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This film is the last (so far) of the 'Airport' genre which stars George Kennedy again in his aviation-disaster struck role as Joe Patroni who has to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps! This is all because a lady on board, Maggie has some documents which put Harrison Industries in big trouble (showing that they make nuclear weapons) and their leader, played by Robert Wagner, wants the Concorde to crash with Maggie (Susan Blakely) in it!!
Cast & Crew
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David Lowell Rich
Director
George Kennedy
Robert Wagner
James Leigh
Ed Begley Jr.
Nicolas Coster
Film Details
Also Known As
Airport '79 The Concorde, Concorde - Airport '79, Concorde--Airport '79, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Disaster
Drama
Sequel
Thriller
Release Date
1979
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 53m
Sound
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Synopsis
A plane carrying people to the Moscow Olympics has a bomb onboard. When missiles are fired on it, it becomes necessary to fly the plane upside-down.
Director
David Lowell Rich
Director
Cast
George Kennedy
Robert Wagner
James Leigh
Ed Begley Jr.
Nicolas Coster
Susan Blakely
Jean-philippe Ancelle
Harold Hairston (happy)
Andrea Marcovicci
Jean Turlier
Pierre Jalbert
Mario Machado
Michele Lesser
Selma Archerd
Charo
Anna Rodzianko
Jimmie Walker
Leonora Wolpe
John Davidson
Cicely Tyson
Martha Raye
Dick Mcgarvin
Uta Taeger
Dwan Smith
Eddie Albert
Conrad Palmisano
Robert Kerman
Stacy Heather Tolkin
Jon Cedar
Bernard Rethwisch
David Matthau
Daryl Lynn Wood
Robin Gammell
Patti Pivaar
Avery Schreiber
Ken Medlock
Gabrielle Rossillon
Alain Delon
Brian Cutler
Margolyn Curtis
Jerry M Prell
James R Parkes
Alex Rodine
Macon Mccalman
Frank Paiker
Victoria Woodbeck
Monica Lewis
Sheila Dewindt
David Warner
Isobel Estorick
George Sawaya
Doug Christenson
Sylvia Kristel
Laurie Hagen
Hettie Lynne Hurtes
Aharon Ipale
Sybil Danning
Bibi Andersson
Glenn Michael Jones
Stoney Jackson
Robert Courts
Kathleen Maguire
Mercedes Mccambridge
Crew
Michael Adams
Stunts
Peter Albiez
Special Effects
James Alexander
Sound
Newton Arnold
Assistant Director
Cleo E Baker
Miniatures
William Batliner
Casting
Mary Ann Biddle
Set Decorator
May Boss
Stunts
Jean C Braquet
Stunts
Henry Bumstead
Production Designer
Louis Odell Burton
Pilot
Vince Deadrick
Stunts
Bill Dietz
Props
Rita Egleston
Stunts
Gregg Elam
Stunts
Richard Elmore
Stunts
Katy M Emde
Assistant Director
Dean Engelhardt
Stunts
Debbie Evans
Stunts
Marneen Fields
Stunts
Jean Franchi
Technical Advisor
Jean Franchi
Pilot
Sue Gapper
Stunts
James W Gavin
Helicopter Pilot
Mickey Gilbert
Stunts
Joe Goss
Special Effects
Betty Abbott Griffin
Script Supervisor
Arthur Hailey
Source Material (From Novel)
Kent Hays
Stunts
Robert L Hoyt
Sound
Bill Johnson
Camera Operator
Melvin Jones
Stunts
Clay Lacy
Pilot
Jennings Lang
From Story
Jennings Lang
Producer
Jennings Lang
Story By
John Larson
Stunts
Robert Lasanka
Casting
Robert Latham Brown
Unit Production Manager
Philip Lathrop
Director Of Photography
Rick Lockwood
Stunt Coordinator
Mario Lourachy
Stunts
Carl Manoogian
Key Grip
Lambert Marks
Costume Supervisor
Sheila Mason
Costume Supervisor
Mickey S. Michaels
Set Decorator
Burton Miller
Costumes
Abe Milrad
Special Effects
Gerard Moisan
Stunts
Wilbur Mosier
Production Manager
Connie Nichols
Hair
Daniel Perche
Stunts
Frank Pine
Pilot
Ross Reynolds
Helicopter Pilot
Dar Robinson
Stunts
Walter Robles
Stunts
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Stunts
Eric Roth
Screenplay
Tanya Russell
Stunts
George Sawaya
Stunt Coordinator
George Sawaya
Stunts
Rick Sawaya
Stunts
Lalo Schifrin
Music
Art Scholl
Pilot
Rick Sharp
Makeup
Hallie Smith Simmons
Makeup
Dean Smith
Stunts
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
John Stacy
Sound Effects Editor
Peter Stader
Stunts
Clifford Stine
Photography
Bob Terhune
Stunts
Wes Thompson
Other
Victoria Vanderkloot
Stunts
Rick Weaber
Assistant Editor
Suzanne Weisenfeld
Production Manager
Film Details
Also Known As
Airport '79 The Concorde, Concorde - Airport '79, Concorde--Airport '79, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Disaster
Drama
Sequel
Thriller
Release Date
1979
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 53m
Sound
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Quotes
You pilots are such... men.- Isabelle
Well, they don't call it a "cockpit" for nothing.- Capt. Joe Patroni
Trivia
The Concorde featured in the film first flew as F-WTSC on 31 Jan 1975, and was the 7th Concorde built. It was re-registered as F-BTSC in May 1975, and it appears with this registration in the film. The Concorde was leased from Aerospatiale (France) for the movie, and was sold to Air France in October 1980. This Concorde was the same aircraft whose fuel tank exploded on takeoff from Paris on 25 July 2000.
The film was renamed upon its release in the UK because it reached theaters there a year later.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer August 1979
Re-released in United States on Video December 17, 1996
Released in United States Summer August 1979
Re-released in United States on Video December 17, 1996
