Airplane!

1980 · directed by Jerry Zucker

Rating

80/100

Hit

yes

An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

Airplane! (1980), directed by Jerry Zucker, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Robert Hays
• Julie Hagerty
• Leslie Nielsen
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Lloyd Bridges
• Peter Graves
• Robert Stack
• Lorna Patterson
• Jill Whelan
• Ann Nelson

Crew

• Joseph F. Biroc — Director of Photography
• Patrick Kennedy — Editor
• Elmer Bernstein — Original Music Composer
• David Zucker — Writer
• Jerry Zucker — Writer
• Jim Abrahams — Writer

More from Jerry Zucker

1. Ruthless People (1986) — 75/100
2. Top Secret! (1984) — 72/100
3. Ghost (1990) — 68/100
4. Rat Race (2001) — 58/100
5. First Knight (1995) — 57/100

How these numbers work: Methodology