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Concorde Affaire '79 (1979)

Concorde Affaire '79 poster
Directed by
Ruggero Deodato
Genre
action film, disaster film, crime film, thriller film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A reporter uncovers a plot to sabotage a commercial Concorde flight. She teams up with a pilot to stop the criminals and save the passengers.

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What happens

Concorde Affaire '79 (English: "Concorde Affair '79", also known as The Concorde Affair) is a 1979 Italian adventure thriller film directed by Ruggero Deodato from a screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi and Renzo Genta. It stars James Franciscus, Mimsy Farmer, Edmund Purdom, Venantino Venantini, Van Johnson and Joseph Cotten. Released in the same year as The Concorde ... Airport '79 and featuring actor Joseph Cotten, who appeared in Airport '77, the film was an attempt by producers to take advantage of the success of the Airport film franchise of the 1970s. It was released by Medusa Film on March 23, 1979. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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