Airplane! (1980) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams.
Cast
- Robert Hays as Ted Striker
- Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson
- Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Roger Murdock
- Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
- Peter Graves as Capt. Clarence Oveur
- Robert Stack as Captain Rex Kramer
- Lorna Patterson as Randy
- Jill Whelan as Lisa Davis
- Ann Nelson as Hanging Lady
- Jim Abrahams as Religious Zealot #6
- Jonathan Banks as Gunderson
- Stephen Stucker as Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs
- Frank Ashmore as Victor Basta
- Craig Berenson as Paul Carey
- Barbara Billingsley as Jive Lady
- Lee Bryant as Mrs. Hammen
- Joyce Bulifant as Mrs. Davis
- Mae E. Campbell as Security Lady
- Ethel Merman as Lieutenant Hurwitz
- Jimmie Walker as Windshield Wiper Man
- Nora Meerbaum as Cocaine Lady
- Kenneth Tobey as Air Controller Neubauer
- James Hong as Japanese General
- Michelle Stacy as Young Girl with Coffee
- David Leisure as First Krishna
- Al White as Second Jive Dude
- Nicholas Pryor as Mr. Hammen
- Cyril O'Reilly as Soldier
- Ted Chapman as Airport Steward
- Jesse Emmett as Man from India
- Norman Alexander Gibbs as First Jive Dude
- Amy Gibson as Soldier's Girl
- Marcy Goldman as Mrs. Geline
- Bob Gorman as Striped Controller
- Rossie Harris as Joey
- Maurice Hill as Reporter #3
- David Hollander as Young Boy with Coffee
- Howard Honig as Jack
- Gregory Itzin as Religious Zealot #1
Crew
- Elmer Bernstein — Original Music Composer
- Jon Davison — Producer
- Jerry Zucker — Director
- David Zucker — Director
- Jim Abrahams — Director
- Joseph F. Biroc — Director of Photography
- Jim Abrahams — Writer
- David Zucker — Writer
- Jerry Zucker — Writer
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