The Doomsday Flight

The Doomsday Flight (1966)

Fly ... and run out of fuel ! Land ... and my bomb explodes !

A bomb on board an airliner has an altitude-sensitive trigger. Unless a ransom is paid, it will explode when the plane descends to land.

Date of release
1966-12-13
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
TV Movie, Thriller
Director
William A. Graham

Casting

Interesting facts

The Doomsday Flight is a 1966 American thriller television film written by Rod Serling and directed by William Graham. The cast includes Jack Lord, Edmond O'Brien, Van Johnson, Katherine Crawford, John Saxon, Richard Carlson and Ed Asner. It aired on NBC on 13 December 1966.

Production

The film was the second in a series of at least twelve movies made for television by Universal for NBC. The films were budgeted between $750,000 and $1,250,000 and would air on Tuesday and Saturday nights. Some would be pilots for series.

It was the first TV movie for John Saxon and first American television film for Michael Sarrazin, who was under contract to Universal.

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