Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down.
Elenco: Robert Hays , Julie Hagerty , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Lloyd Bridges , Peter Graves , Leslie Nielsen , Lorna Patterson , Robert Stack , Stephen Stucker , Jim Abrahams , Frank Ashmore , Jonathan Banks , Craig Berenson , Barbara Billingsley , Lee Bryant , Joyce Bulifant , Mae E. Campbell , Ethel Merman , Jimmie Walker , Jill Whelan , Nora Meerbaum , Kenneth Tobey .