The Doomsday Flight (1966)

Directed by

William A. Graham

Genre

disaster film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bomb is hidden on a passenger plane. The crew and authorities race to find it while the terrorist demands a ransom for details on how to disarm it.

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What happens

The Doomsday Flight is a 1966 American thriller television film written by Rod Serling and directed by William Graham. The cast includes Jack Lord, Edmond O'Brien, Van Johnson, Katherine Crawford, John Saxon, Richard Carlson and Ed Asner. It aired on NBC on 13 December 1966. The film concerns a bomb placed on an airliner, and the efforts to locate it before it explodes. The terrorist who placed the bomb demands money in exchange for necessary information. The film inspired real-life copycat incidents involving bomb threats. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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