Mayday at 40,000 Feet

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.

Discover

David Janssen

Capt. Pete Douglass

Don Meredith

Mike Fuller

Christopher George

Stan Burkhart

Ray Milland

Dr. Joseph Mannheim

Lynda Day George

Cathy Armello

Margaret Blye

Susan Mackenzie

Broderick Crawford

Marshal Riese

Tom Drake

Harry Jensen

Hari Rhodes

Belson

Warren Vanders

Glen Meyer

Shani Wallis

Terry Dunlap

Jane Powell

Kitty Douglass

John Pickard

Wynberg

Steven Marlo

Controller

Al Molinaro

Forenzo

William Harlow

2nd Reporter

Alan Foster

3rd Reporter

Gary McLarty

Carmichael

Ralph Anderson

Doctor (uncredited)

Art

Ira Bates

Set Decoration

Robert Kinoshita

Art Direction

Camera

William B. Jurgensen

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Gae Clark Butler

Hairstylist

Alan Fama

Makeup Artist

Stephen Lodge

Wardrobe Coordinator

Crew

Bill Catching

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Brad H. Aronson

Assistant Director

Robert Butler

Director

Editing

Nick Archer

Editor

Production

Mike Frankovich Jr.

Unit Production Manager

Marvin Paige

Casting

Sound

Michael Colgan

Sound Editor

Donald Harris

Music Editor

Richard Markowitz

Original Music Composer

Writing

Dick Nelson

Teleplay