Crash (1978 film)
| Crash | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Barry Shear |
| Starring | William Shatner |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | October 29, 1978 |
Crash (also known as The Crash of Flight 401) is a made-for-TV
stunts, pyrotechnics
and flyaway set pieces.
The film stars
negligent in the design of the TriStar's flight control systems, it concludes by citing the NTSB's official determination that the crash was due to pilot error: the crew's failure to properly monitor the flight instruments during the last four minutes of flight. The crew was distracted by a blown light bulb in the landing gear position indicator display panel, which caused them not to notice that they had inadvertently disengaged the autopilot and put the TriStar into a slow, imperceptible descent. Eddie Albert portrayed the captain, and Lane Smith, in an early role, portrayed the hospitalized and barely alive surviving flight engineer who alerts Tobias to a computer "mismatch" in the autopilot. The cast also included Adrienne Barbeau and Sharon Gless, whose characters were based on the actual flight attendants tending to the passengers that fateful night. Lorraine Gary, Ed Nelson, and Ron Glass
played noteworthy passengers.
It was the second made-for-TV film based on the crash, following
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in February 1978.[1]
Reviewer James Brown of the Los Angeles Times called it "a well-crafted, professionally polished work that falls into the unfortunate trap of trying to tell too much in too little time -- ending up with some admirable vignettes but no clear, sustaining focus to link them together."[2]
Cast
- William Shatner - Carl Tobias
- Eddie Albert - Captain Dunn
- Adrienne Barbeau - Veronica Daniels
- Brooke Bundy - Camille Lawrence
- Christopher Connelly - Mike Tagliarino
- Lorraine Gary - Emily Mulwray
- Ron Glass - Jerry Grant
- Sharon Gless - Lesley Fuller
- Joyce Jameson - Sophie Cross
- George Maharis - Evan Walsh
- Ed Nelson - Philip Mulwray
- Gerald S. O'Loughlin - Larry Cross
- Joe Silver - Alvin Jessop
- Lane Smith - Flight Engineer Dominic Romano
- Laraine Stephens - Ginny Duffy
- Richard Yniguez - Osario
Production credits
- Barry Shear - director
- Donald S. Sanford and Steve Brown - writers
- Edward J. Montagne - producer
- Chuck Friesand Malcolm Stewart - executive producers
References
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
External links
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