The Crash of Flight 401
Barry Shear1978-10-29
The nerve-shattering experience of a lifetime. More astonishing because it actually happened.
7.5
95 min
True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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William Shatner | Carl Tobias | Unowned |
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Adrienne Barbeau | Veronica Daniels | Unowned |
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Brooke Bundy | Camille Lawrence | Unowned |
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Christopher Connelly | Mike Tagliarino | Unowned |
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Lorraine Gary | Emily Mulwray | Unowned |
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Ron Glass | Jerry Grant | Unowned |
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Sharon Gless | Lesley Fuller | Unowned |
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Brett Halsey | Standish | Unowned |
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Joyce Jameson | Sophie Cross | Unowned |
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George Maharis | Evan Walsh | Unowned |
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Ed Nelson | Philip Mulwray | Unowned |
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Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Larry Cross | Unowned |
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Artie Shaw | Elderly Passenger | Unowned |
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Joe Silver | Alvin Jessop | Unowned |
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Laraine Stephens | Ginny Duffy | Unowned |
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W.K. Stratton | Ray Ordway | Unowned |
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Richard Yniguez | Osario | Unowned |
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Eddie Albert | Capt. Dunn | Unowned |
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Maria Melendez | Cecilia Tagliarino | Unowned |
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George Murdock | Claypool | Unowned |
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Don 'Red' Barry | Helicopter Pilot | Unowned |
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Maria Elena Cordero | Unowned | |
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Lurene Tuttle | Unowned | |
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Shirley O'Hara | Unowned | |
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Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini | Unowned | |
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Susan Brown | Unowned | |
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Ed Call | Unowned | |
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J. Kenneth Campbell | Unowned | |
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Royal Dano | Unowned | |
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Jerry Douglas | Miami Approach Controller | Unowned |
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Marcy Lafferty | Unowned | |
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Read Morgan | Unowned | |
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Lane Smith | Unowned | |
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Donna Kei Benz | Unowned | |
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Ralph Brown | Unowned | |
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Frank Buch | Unowned | |
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Walt Davis | Unowned | |
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Roger Hampton | Unowned | |
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Bob Hastings | Unowned | |
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Bill Hindman | Unowned | |
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George Ranito Jordan | Unowned | |
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Orin Kennedy | Unowned | |
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Buddy Lester | Unowned | |
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Robert P. Lieb | Unowned | |
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Frank Logan | Unowned | |
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Dominick Mazzie | Unowned | |
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Julio Medina | Unowned | |
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Susan Mullen | Flight Attendant | Unowned |
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Mark Pinter | Stretcher Bearer | Unowned |
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Frank Schuller | Watson | Unowned |
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Judith Searle | Dr. Claire | Unowned |
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C. Lindsay Workman | Dr. Baylor | Unowned |
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Leoda Richards | Passenger (uncredited) | Unowned |