The Concorde...Airport '79
Director: David Lowell Rich
Genre: Disaster, Airplanes and airports, Action/Adventure, Action, Thriller, Suspense
Year: 1979
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, George Kennedy, Andrea Marcovicci, Mercedes McCambridge, Lee Grant, Jack Lemmon, Cicely Tyson, Charo, Jimmie Walker, Sylvia Kristel, Bibi Andersson, Eddie Albert
The Concorde ... Airport '79 is a 1979 American disaster film (in the UK, it was released a year later as Airport '80: The Concorde). The film was the fourth and final installment of the Airport series. Panned by critics, the film made only US$13 million at the box office.
Kevin Harrison (Robert Wagner), an arms dealer, attempts to destroy an American-owned Concorde on its maiden flight after one of the passengers, Maggie Whelan (Susan Blakely), learns of his weapons sales to communist countries during the Cold War.
The Concorde takes off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Captain Paul Metrand (Alain Delon) makes conversation with Isabelle (Sylvia Kristel), the purser. They land at Dulles Airport.
Maggie Whalen (Blakely) recaps the arrival of the Concorde and reports on the "Goodwill" flight on the Concorde the following day, which leads to a story of future boyfriend Kevin Harrison (Wagner) and his Buzzard missile project. Carl Parker shows up at Maggie's house with a claim about documentation of illegal arms deals. Carl is shot before a passerby triggers a fire alarm, scaring the assailant away.
Capt. Joe Patroni introduces himself to Captain Metrand. The next morning,
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