Comedy /

Score: 73.0%( 4661 votes )

Overview: An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

Cast:

Robert Hays
Ted Striker

Julie Hagerty
Elaine Dickinson

Leslie Nielsen
Dr. Rumack

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roger Murdock

Lloyd Bridges
Steve McCroskey

Peter Graves
Capt. Clarence Oveur

Lorna Patterson
Randy

Robert Stack
Captain Rex Kramer

Jim Abrahams
Religious Zealot #6

Jonathan Banks
Gunderson

Stephen Stucker
Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs

Frank Ashmore
Victor Basta

Craig Berenson
Paul Carey

Barbara Billingsley
Jive Lady

Lee Bryant
Mrs. Hammen

Joyce Bulifant
Mrs. Davis

Mae E. Campbell
Security Lady

Ethel Merman
Lieutenant Hurwitz

Jimmie Walker
Windshield Wiper Man

Jill Whelan
Lisa Davis

Nora Meerbaum
Cocaine Lady

Kenneth Tobey
Air Controller Neubauer

James Hong
Japanese General

Michelle Stacy
Young Girl with Coffee

David Leisure
First Krishna

Ann Nelson
Hanging Lady

Al White
Second Jive Dude

Nicholas Pryor
Mr. Hammen

Cyril O'Reilly
Soldier

Ted Chapman
Airport Steward

Jesse Emmett
Man from India

Norman Alexander Gibbs
First Jive Dude

Amy Gibson
Soldier's Girl

Marcy Goldman
Mrs. Geline

Bob Gorman
Striped Controller

Rossie Harris
Joey

Maurice Hill
Reporter #3

David Hollander
Young Boy with Coffee

Howard Honig
Jack

Gregory Itzin
Religious Zealot #1

Howard Jarvis
Man in Taxi

Michael Laurence
Newscaster

Zachary Lewis
Religious Zealot #3

Barbara Mallory
Religious Zealot #2

Maureen McGovern
Nun

Mary Mercier
Shirley

Len Mooy
Reporter #1

Laura Nix
Mrs. Hurwitz

John O'Leary
Reporter #2

Bill Porter
Hospital Contortionist

Conrad E. Palmisano
Religious Zealot #4

Mallory Sandler
L.A. Ticket Agent

Robert Starr
Religious Zealot #5

Barbara Stuart
Mrs. Kramer

Lee Terri
Mrs. Oveur

William Tregoe
Jack Kirkpatrick

Hatsuo Uda
Japanese Newscaster

Herb Voland
Air Controller Macias

John David Wilder
Second Krishna

Windy
Horse

Jason Wingreen
Dr. Brody

Louise Yaffe
Mrs. Jaffe

Charlotte Zucker
Make-up Lady

David Zucker
Ground Crewman #2

Jerry Zucker
Ground Crewman #1

Kitten Natividad
Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane (uncredited)

Larry Blake
Upside-Down Man (uncredited)

Paula Moody
Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Sandra Lee Gimpel
Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Henry Wills
Commuter on Baggage Carousel (uncredited)

Joyce Mandel
Woman on Flight (uncredited)

Gene LeBell
Religious Zealot (uncredited)

Susan Breslau
Ticket Agent (uncredited)