Airport

1970 • 137 minutes

About this movie

Take a nonstop flight with an all-star cast to a world of tension-filled human drama in this trend-setting box office blockbuster. Based on Arthur Hailey's runaway bestseller, the emotion-charged adventure stars Burt Lancaster as the manager of a glamorous international airport who must juggle personal crises with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner.

Ratings and reviews

An absolute classic, seen it numerous times, the best airport disaster movie and dean martin,s in it.

It's a classic and paved the way for disaster movies. And two equally good sequels.

But Lancaster is brill