"The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics."
David Janssen
as Capt. Pete Douglass
Don Meredith
as Mike Fuller
Christopher George
as Stan Burkhart
Ray Milland
as Dr. Joseph Mannheim
Lynda Day George
as Cathy Armello
Margaret Blye
as Susan Mackenzie
Marjoe Gortner
as Greco
Broderick Crawford
as Marshal Riese
Tom Drake
as Harry Jensen
Christopher Norris
as Cindy
Hari Rhodes
as Belson
Warren Vanders
as Glen Meyer
Shani Wallis
as Terry Dunlap
Jane Powell
as Kitty Douglass
William Bryant
as Kent
John Pickard
as Wynberg
Steven Marlo
as Controller
James Chandler
as Doctor
Philip Mansour
as Surgeon
Al Molinaro
as Forenzo
Kathleen Bracken
as Julia
Bill Catching
as Dowling
Norland Benson
as Jerry
Philip Baker Hall
as Reporter
Buck Young
as Guard
William Harlow
as 2nd Reporter
Alan Foster
as 3rd Reporter
Gary McLarty
as Carmichael
Ralph Anderson
as Doctor (uncredited)
Bert Williams
as Lars
Andrew Gilmore
Sound
Gae Clark Butler
Hairstylist
Brad H. Aronson
Assistant Director
Michael Colgan
Sound Editor
Alan Fama
Makeup Artist
Mike Frankovich Jr.
Unit Production Manager
Stunt Coordinator
Austin Ferguson
Novel
Richard Markowitz
Original Music Composer
Marvin Paige
Casting
Stephen Lodge
Wardrobe Coordinator
Tex Rudloff
Donald Harris
Music Editor
Robert Butler
Director
Teleplay
Ira Bates
Set Decoration
Dick Nelson
Nick Archer
Editor
Andrew J. Fenady
Producer
Robert Kinoshita
Art Direction
William B. Jurgensen
Director of Photography