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