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Zero Hour

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Zero Hour

Released Nov 13, 1957

1h 21m

Mystery & Thriller

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Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews) has drifted through life unsuccessfully since he led a dreadful air attack in World War II. When his wife, Ellen (Linda Darnell), and his son leave him, Ted hurries onto their plane, where he tries to convince Ellen that he has changed. Meanwhile, many of the people on the flight, including the pilot (Elroy Hirsch), fall ill with food poisoning. It's left up to Ted, with help from Captain Treleaven (Sterling Hayden) in air control, to safely land the plane.

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Dennis Schwartz

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I give it props for being one of the first of the disaster airplane films.

Rated: B-

Mar 6, 2010

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Christopher Null

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Spoof classicity aside, the film is actually well-paced, fun to watch, and genuinely tense at times. It's a hit!

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 26, 2007

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Steve D

About as funny as Airplane! but unintentionally so.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/09/23

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CodyZamboni

Movie is entertaining, with a fast moving plot. I soon realized the spoof Airplane is nearly a scene by scene remake, with indentical characters and verbatim dialogue Made me appreciate Airplane even more.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/27/23

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Audience Member

Great as it was the basis for the classic 80’s comedy movie ‘Airplane!’ Brilliant

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/10/22

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Audience Member

Airplane! must have been largely inspired by this film. That may be it's greatest virtue, er, point of interest. Campy is the word and this film lives it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Corny, campy fun. The inspiration for the classic comedy Airplane.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Decent WW2 fighter shots. Cliché plot. Cockpit scenes not very convincing (you don't grasp the control wheel with both hands... even on a DC4!) Landing was awful... he could have easily nailed the 120 approach speed... he had a decent glideslope established, instead he seriously bent a DC4. I suppose this stuff sold cinema seats...

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Hall Bartlett

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Dana Andrews

Lt. Ted Stryker

Linda Darnell

Ellen Stryker

Sterling Hayden

Capt. Martin Treleaven

Elroy Hirsch

Capt. Bill Wilson

Geoffrey Toone

Dr. Baird

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Synopsis

Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews) has drifted through life unsuccessfully since he led a dreadful air attack in World War II. When his wife, Ellen (Linda Darnell), and his son leave him, Ted hurries onto their plane, where he tries to convince Ellen that he has changed. Meanwhile, many of the people on the flight, including the pilot (Elroy Hirsch), fall ill with food poisoning. It's left up to Ted, with help from Captain Treleaven (Sterling Hayden) in air control, to safely land the plane.

Director: Hall Bartlett
Producer: John Champion
Screenwriter: Arthur Hailey, Hall Bartlett, John C. Champion
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Bartlett-Champion Productions, Delta Enterprises Inc., Carmel Productions
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 13, 1957, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 21m

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