"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)
Director
Jon Davison
Producer
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
Joel Thurm
Casting
Ward Preston
Production Design
Anne D. McCulley
Set Decoration
Rosanna Norton
Costume Design
Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Artist
Joan Phillips
Hairstylist
Maurice Vaccarino
Unit Production Manager
Mike Higelmire
Art Department Coordinator
Clancy T. Troutman
Supervising Sound Editor
Jeff Carson
Music Editor
John Frazier
Special Effects
Robert Blalack
Visual Effects
Stunt Coordinator
Executive Producer
Writer
Hunt Lowry
Associate Producer
Kenneth D. Collins
Second Assistant Director
Arne Schmidt
First Assistant Director
Jeff Clark
Sign Painter
Tom Crowl
Assistant Property Master
Wally Graham
Construction Coordinator
Leadman
Joseph E. Hubbard
Set Designer
Steven M. Levine
Property Master
David E. Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Assistant Sound Editor
David J. Hudson
Dennis Jones
Boom Operator
Tom Overton
Sound Mixer
John T. Reitz
James Troutman
Sound Editor
Max W. Anderson
Chris Casady
Bill Hedge
Jamie Shourt
Leigh Walsh
Stunt Double
C.D. Smith
Stunts
Jamie Anderson
Assistant Camera
Brink Brydon
Gaffer
Jerry Deats
Grip
Bill Decker
William E. Fitch
Larry Gilhooly
M. Todd Henry
Norman Lang
Electrician
John Monte
Still Photographer
Nick Papanickolas
Frederic J. Smith
Camera Operator
Edmond Wright
Susan Arnold
Additional Casting
Wallis Nicita
Gretchen Rennell
Aggie Lyon
Costume Supervisor
Victoria Snow
Costumer
Scott K. Wallace
Assistant Editor
Kathy Durning
David Spear
Orchestrator
Nancy Hansen
Script Supervisor
Adam Culunga
Craft Service
Tom Mahoney
Choreographer
Sam Mattingly
Unit Publicist
Huey Redwine
Stand In
Art Sarno
J.L. Mitchell
Animal Wrangler
Dick Webb
Pat Proft
Thanks
Rob Bottin
Bob Stein
Janet Brady
Leslie Hoffman
Bruce Paul Barbour
Roger Creed
Chuck Hayward
David LeBell
Diane Peterson
Nick Palmisano
Dar Robinson
Rick Seaman
Russell Saunders
Greg Walker
Jesse Wayne
Patrick Kennedy
Editor
Debbie Evans
Paula Dell
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Peter Kuran
Mary Peters
