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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Lloyd Bridges Julie Hagerty Robert Hays Leslie Nielson Peter Graves

Directors Jim Abrahams David Zucker

Screenwriters Jim Abrahams David Zucker

Running Time 88 minutes

EMPIRE ESSAY: Airplane!
Quite possibly the funniest movie, minute for minute, of all time.

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Plot
An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot with a drinking problem, who's now afraid to fly.

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