"An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning."
Robert Hays
as Ted Striker
Julie Hagerty
as Elaine Dickinson
Leslie Nielsen
as Dr. Rumack
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
as Roger Murdock
Lloyd Bridges
as Steve McCroskey
Peter Graves
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Lorna Patterson
as Randy
Robert Stack
as Captain Rex Kramer
Jim Abrahams
as Religious Zealot #6
Jonathan Banks
as Gunderson
Stephen Stucker
as Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs
Frank Ashmore
as Victor Basta
Craig Berenson
as Paul Carey
Barbara Billingsley
as Jive Lady
Lee Bryant
as Mrs. Hammen
Joyce Bulifant
as Mrs. Davis
Mae E. Campbell
as Security Lady
Ethel Merman
as Lieutenant Hurwitz
Jimmie Walker
as Windshield Wiper Man
Jill Whelan
as Lisa Davis
Nora Meerbaum
as Cocaine Lady
Kenneth Tobey
as Air Controller Neubauer
James Hong
as Japanese General
Michelle Stacy
as Young Girl with Coffee
David Leisure
as First Krishna
Ann Nelson
as Hanging Lady
Al White
as Second Jive Dude
Nicholas Pryor
as Mr. Hammen
Cyril O'Reilly
as Soldier
Ted Chapman
as Airport Steward
Jesse Emmett
as Man from India
Norman Alexander Gibbs
as First Jive Dude
Amy Gibson
as Soldier's Girl
Marcy Goldman
as Mrs. Geline
Bob Gorman
as Striped Controller
Rossie Harris
as Joey
Maurice Hill
as Reporter #3
David Hollander
as Young Boy with Coffee
Howard Honig
as Jack
Gregory Itzin
as Religious Zealot #1
Howard Jarvis
as Man in Taxi
Michael Laurence
as Newscaster
Zachary Lewis
as Religious Zealot #3
Barbara Mallory
as Religious Zealot #2
Maureen McGovern
as Nun
Mary Mercier
as Shirley
Len Mooy
as Reporter #1
Laura Nix
as Mrs. Hurwitz
John O'Leary
as Reporter #2
Bill Porter
as Hospital Contortionist
Conrad E. Palmisano
as Religious Zealot #4
Mallory Sandler
as L.A. Ticket Agent
Robert Starr
as Religious Zealot #5
Barbara Stuart
as Mrs. Kramer
Lee Terri
as Mrs. Oveur
William Tregoe
as Jack Kirkpatrick
Hatsuo Uda
as Japanese Newscaster
Herb Voland
as Air Controller Macias
John David Wilder
as Second Krishna
Windy
as Horse
Jason Wingreen
as Dr. Brody
Louise Yaffe
as Mrs. Jaffe
Charlotte Zucker
as Make-up Lady
David Zucker
as Ground Crewman #2
Jerry Zucker
as Ground Crewman #1
Kitten Natividad
as Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane (uncredited)
Larry Blake
as Upside-Down Man (uncredited)
Paula Moody
as Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Henry Wills
as Commuter on Baggage Carousel (uncredited)
Joyce Mandel
as Woman on Flight (uncredited)
Gene LeBell
as Religious Zealot (uncredited)
Susan Breslau
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Jon Davison
Producer
Director
Rosanna Norton
Costume Design
Mike Higelmire
Art Department Coordinator
John Frazier
Special Effects
Executive Producer
Joel Thurm
Casting
Joan Phillips
Hairstylist
Stunt Coordinator
Anne D. McCulley
Set Decoration
Clancy T. Troutman
Supervising Sound Editor
Robert Blalack
Visual Effects
Jeff Carson
Music Editor
Ward Preston
Production Design
Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Artist
Maurice Vaccarino
Unit Production Manager
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
Jeff Clark
Assistant Sound Editor
Arne Schmidt
First Assistant Director
Joseph E. Hubbard
Set Designer
David J. Hudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jamie Anderson
Assistant Camera
Nick Papanickolas
Grip
Wallis Nicita
Additional Casting
Nancy Hansen
Script Supervisor
Sam Mattingly
Unit Publicist
Writer
Kenneth D. Collins
Second Assistant Director
Steven M. Levine
Property Master
David E. Campbell
James Troutman
Sound Editor
Bill Hedge
Tom Crowl
Assistant Property Master
Chris Casady
Leigh Walsh
Stunt Double
Wally Graham
Construction Coordinator
Max W. Anderson
Victoria Snow
Costumer
Adam Culunga
Craft Service
David Spear
Orchestrator
Hunt Lowry
Associate Producer
Dennis Jones
Boom Operator
Larry Gilhooly
Gaffer
Tom Mahoney
Choreographer
J.L. Mitchell
Animal Wrangler
Dick Webb
Sign Painter
Edmond Wright
Leadman
Tom Overton
Sound Mixer
John T. Reitz
Jamie Shourt
C.D. Smith
Stunts
Jerry Deats
William E. Fitch
Brink Brydon
Aggie Lyon
Costume Supervisor
Bill Decker
Norman Lang
Electrician
Scott K. Wallace
Assistant Editor
Frederic J. Smith
Camera Operator
Huey Redwine
Stand In
John Monte
Still Photographer
Gretchen Rennell
M. Todd Henry
Susan Arnold
Kathy Durning
Pat Proft
Thanks
Art Sarno
Bob Stein
Rob Bottin
Janet Brady
Leslie Hoffman
Roger Creed
Dar Robinson
Jesse Wayne
Chuck Hayward
Rick Seaman
Bruce Paul Barbour
David LeBell
Nick Palmisano
Russell Saunders
Diane Peterson
Greg Walker
Patrick Kennedy
Editor
Debbie Evans
Paula Dell
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Peter Kuran
Mary Peters
