The Crash of Flight 401

The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)

The nerve-shattering experience of a lifetime. More astonishing because it actually happened.

  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1978-10-29
  • User Rating: 7.5/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Charles Fries Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Barry Shear
star 7.5/10
From 2 Ratings

Summary

True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.

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  • William Shatner

    as Carl Tobias

  • Adrienne Barbeau

    as Veronica Daniels

  • Brooke Bundy

    as Camille Lawrence

  • Christopher Connelly

    as Mike Tagliarino

  • Lorraine Gary

    as Emily Mulwray

  • Ron Glass

    as Jerry Grant

  • Sharon Gless

    as Lesley Fuller

  • Brett Halsey

    as Standish

  • Joyce Jameson

    as Sophie Cross

  • George Maharis

    as Evan Walsh

  • Ed Nelson

    as Philip Mulwray

  • Gerald S. O'Loughlin

    as Larry Cross

  • Artie Shaw

    as Elderly Passenger

  • Joe Silver

    as Alvin Jessop

  • Laraine Stephens

    as Ginny Duffy

  • W.K. Stratton

    as Ray Ordway

  • Richard Yniguez

    as Osario

  • Eddie Albert

    as Capt. Dunn

  • Maria Melendez

    as Cecilia Tagliarino

  • George Murdock

    as Claypool

  • Don 'Red' Barry

    as Helicopter Pilot

  • Maria Elena Cordero

    as

  • Lurene Tuttle

    as

  • Shirley O'Hara

    as

  • Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini

    as

  • Susan Brown

    as

  • Ed Call

    as

  • J. Kenneth Campbell

    as

  • Royal Dano

    as

  • Jerry Douglas

    as Miami Approach Controller

  • Marcy Lafferty

    as

  • Read Morgan

    as

  • Lane Smith

    as

  • Donna Kei Benz

    as

  • Ralph Brown

    as

  • Frank Buch

    as

  • Walt Davis

    as

  • Roger Hampton

    as

  • Bob Hastings

    as

  • Bill Hindman

    as

  • George Ranito Jordan

    as

  • Orin Kennedy

    as

  • Buddy Lester

    as

  • Robert P. Lieb

    as

  • Frank Logan

    as

  • Dominick Mazzie

    as

  • Julio Medina

    as

  • Susan Mullen

    as Flight Attendant

  • Mark Pinter

    as Stretcher Bearer

  • Frank Schuller

    as Watson

  • Judith Searle

    as Dr. Claire

  • C. Lindsay Workman

    as Dr. Baylor

  • Leoda Richards

    as Passenger (uncredited)
Directing Barry Shear Director
Camera Jacques R. Marquette Director of Photography
Writing Sarah Elder Book
Writing Steve Brown Teleplay
Art Alexander A. Mayer Art Direction
Production Malcolm Stuart Executive Producer
Art Mary Ann Good Set Decoration
Writing Rob Elder Book
Writing Donald S. Sanford Teleplay
Production Charles W. Fries Executive Producer
Editing Sam E. Waxman Editor
Production Edward Montagne Producer
Costume & Make-Up Maureen Gates Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Frank Novak Costume Design
Sound Eddy Lawrence Manson Music
Crew Dick Crockett Stunt Coordinator
Sound John Fresco Music Supervisor
Camera James Pergola Additional Photography
Production Caro Jones Casting
Camera Thomas Del Ruth Camera Operator
Crew Arthur Brewer Special Effects

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