Zero Hour!

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Zero Hour! is a 1957 American disaster film best known as the serious airplane-crisis movie that later inspired the parody film Airplane!.

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Zero Hour! canonical 4
Zero Hour 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
disaster film
film
basedOn Flight into Danger
teleplay Flight into Danger by Arthur Hailey
cinematographyBy John F. Warren
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Hall Bartlett
distributor Paramount Pictures
editedBy John F. Schreyer
filmFormat black-and-white film
genre disaster film
drama film
hasTitle Zero Hour! self-link
inspiredWork Airplane!
mainCastMember Dana Andrews
Geoffrey Toone
Jerry Paris
Linda Darnell
Peggy King
Sterling Hayden
musicBy Ted Dale
notableFor being the serious airplane-crisis movie that inspired the parody film Airplane!
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A former wartime pilot must land a commercial airliner after the crew and many passengers fall ill from food poisoning.
producer Hall Bartlett
productionCompany Hall Bartlett Productions
publicationDate 1957
releaseYear 1957
runtimeMinutes 81
screenwriter Arthur Hailey
Hall Bartlett
John Champion
setting commercial airliner in flight

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Sterling Hayden notableWork Zero Hour!
Zero Hour! hasTitle Zero Hour! self-link
Airplane! basedOn Zero Hour!
Jacinda Barrett notableWork Zero Hour!
this entity surface form: Zero Hour