Zero Hour!
SUSPENSE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE!
1957 | 81m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Hall Bartlett |
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| Writer: | Hall Bartlett, John C. Champion, Arthur Hailey |
| Staring: |
| In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 13, 1957 |
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| Director: | Hall Bartlett |
| Writer: | Hall Bartlett, John C. Champion, Arthur Hailey |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | airport, canada, airplane, disaster, food poisoning, doctor, crash landing |
| Production Companies | Carmel Productions, Bartlett-Champion Productions, Delta Enterprises Inc |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dana Andrews | Lt. Ted Stryker |
| Linda Darnell | Ellen Stryker |
| Sterling Hayden | Captain Martin Treleaven |
| Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch | Capt. Bill Wilson |
| Geoffrey Toone | Dr. Baird |
| Jerry Paris | Tony Decker |
| Peggy King | Stewardess Janet Turner |
| Patricia Tiernan | Mrs. Joan Wilson |
| Charles Quinlivan | Harry Burdick |
| Steve London | First Officer Walt Stewart |
| Jo Ann Wade | Treleaven's Baby Sitter |
| Ray Ferrell | Joey Stryker |
| John Ashley | TV Singer |
| Willis Bouchey | RCAF Doctor |
| Maxine Cooper | Sick Plane Passenger |
| David Thursby | Whitmond |
| Noel Drayton | Vancouver Control Man |
| Fintan Meyler | Hysterical Woman |
| Larry Thor | Vancouver Radio Dispatcher |
| Russell Thorson | Vancouver Flight Dispatcher |
| Robert Stevenson | Calgary Operator |
| Mary Newton | Plane Passenger with Rosary Beads |
| Will Sage | Vancouver Radar Controller |
| Hope Summers | Older Woman |
| Will J. White | Vancouver Policeman |
| Richard Keith | Calgary Station Manager |
| Arthur Hanson | Toer Operator |
| Roy Gordon | Frank Graham |
| Woody Chambliss | Reporter (uncredited) |
| William Conrad | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Fred Fisher | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
| Rudy Germane | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
| James Gonzalez | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Herschel Graham | Editor (uncredited) |
| Duane Grey | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
| S. John Launer | Vancouver Switchboard Operator (uncredited) |
| James Maloney | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
| William H. O'Brien | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) |
| Monty O'Grady | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Katherine Warren | Mrs. Purdy (uncredited) |
| John Zaremba | Passenger with Sick Wife (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Boris Leven | Production Design |
| Hall Bartlett | Screenplay, Director |
| Ross Dowd | Set Decoration |
| Lillian Shore | Hairstylist |
| Steve Drumm | Makeup Artist |
| John C. Champion | Screenplay |
| Arthur Hailey | Screenplay |
| John F. Warren | Director of Photography |
| Ted Dale | Original Music Composer |
| Kay Shea | Hairstylist |
| John C. Fuller | Editor |
| Lee Lukather | Production Manager |
| Charles Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Lyle Figland | Sound Recordist |
| Joan Eremin | Script Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
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| John C. Champion | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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Tension and Terror in the Skies! Famously parodied as Airplane in 1980, it gets forgotten just what a rollicking good thriller Zero Hour! is. Dana Andrews is the airman scarred by an incident during the war who has to battle his demons when the crew and passengers of the jumbo jet he is aboard fa ... ll victim to food poisoning. Sterling Hayden is down on the ground smoking loads of ciggies and having no faith in trying to talk Andrews down safely. One of the first disaster aeroplane movies, it follows what we now regard as the staples of the genre. Troubled protagonist, family strife, calm characters, panic characters, lovely ladies, square jawed men, raging weather conditions and an aeroplane in serious danger of plummeting from the sky and killing all on board. It's sometimes hokey and one dimensional in terms of plot developments, but it commits to the drama and grinds out a suspenseful last half hour that can have you edging towards the edge of your seat. A must see for fans of such fare. It's ok to love Airplane! and prefer its comedy smartness, but it's also ok to doff a respectful pilot cap towards Zero Hour! as well. 7.5/10