rodrig58
51 years since it was made and very current. And well done. In fact, any film with Lalo Schifrin's music deserves a view. Schifrin is a living legend, has signed a lot of masterpieces such as "Mission: Impossible" (1966-1973), "Mannix" (1967-1975), "Dirty Harry" (1971), "Magnum Force"(1973), "Charley Varrick"(1973), "Joe Kid"(1972), "THX 1138"(1971), "Kelly's Heroes" (1968), "Once a Thief "(1965), "The Cincinnati Kid"(1965), "Cool Hand Luke"(1967),
"Coogan's Bluff"(1968), etc. etc., 212 credits in 2018. William A. Graham was a very good and prolific director, an action and suspense films specialist. The cast includes many great actors: Edmond O'Brien, very good in the role of the bomb maker who place it where nobody not even think it can be, Van Johnson, as the captain of the plane, Edward Asner, John Saxon, Jack Lord, Michael Sarrazin, etc.
inspectors71
I remember watching NBC's tailored-for-television movie The Doomsday Flight about four years after it first aired in 1966, and it was fun to see all those performers who were big in 1970, from Jack Lord to Ed Asner to Michael Sarrazin. The movie is one gigantic airliner of clichés, sweaty upper lips, and the great Edmond O'Brien as a mad-as-a-Trump-supporter disgruntled bomber chewing the scenery behind glasses with lenses so thick his eyes look segmented (think Muddy the Mudskipper from Ren and Stimpy). As a 12 year old, O'Brien scared the airline peanuts out of me, and I still loved watching him a few hours ago as he snarled and whined and goobered and then vapor-locked right in front of another great character actor, Malachi Throne.Yup, old-home night on YouTube.And one last thing. There was Greg Morris (Mission Impossible) as a FBI agent. Did they shoot this before he became a regular on MI? Now, looking for an answer to that would be a great use of the internet!Along with watching ancient TV-movies, huh?
Brian Washington
WARNING!!! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!This is a pretty decent thriller from the mind of Rod Serling. However, the ending looked as though it were thrown together at the last second. The idea of a bomb going off at a certain altitude was fine, but the fact that at the climax of the film a light went finally came on when he finally realized that he could land safely in Denver, which is well above the point where the bomb was set to explode. A three year old could figure the ending out. But despite this, this is still a great thriller. Rod Serling was one of the greatest writers in television and film history and this film only confirms this.
lucy-66
This must be one of the movies the makers of Airplane used as "inspiration" (but without the poisoned fish). Isn't that the same little old lady - without her cocaine this time?
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