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Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

Year:

1983

Duration:

115 min | Spain:109 min | West Germany:108 min

Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

IMDB rate:

4.7

Director:

Jerry Jameson

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1983-02-27

Filming Locations: Laird International Studio - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Heather McAdam

Lee Majors

Captain Cody Briggs

Hal Linden

Josh Gilliam

Lauren Hutton

Erica Hansen

Ray Milland

Q. T. Thornwell

Gail Strickland

Nancy Gilliam

George DiCenzo

Bowdish (as George Di Cenzo)

Tess Harper

Janet Briggs

Terry Kiser

Freddie Barrett

Michael Sacks

Pete

Gary Bayer

Martin

Pat Corley

Joe Pedowski

Robert Webber

Felix

Jocelyn Brando

Mrs. Harvey

Diane Stilwell

Betty

Phil Coccioletti

Hal

Peter Jason

Schultie

Kirk Scott

Del

Stephen Keep Mills

Chris (as Stephen Keep)

Carolyn Coates

Claire

Marius Mazmanian

Jean-Pierre

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Kenny

Michael Currie

Dr. Hyatt

Robert Englund

Scott

Jon Van Ness

Ray

Robin Pearson Rose

Linda

Lois Hamilton

Millie (as Lois Areno)

Ellen Bry

Laura

Kirk Cameron

Gary

Redmond Gleeson

Bud

Jean Marie Hon

Andrea

Marshall R. Teague

Guard (as Marshall Teague)

George Whiteman

Reporter

Kenny Bates

Carl (as Ken Bates)

Jeffrey Bannister

Russell (as Jeff Bannister)

Dar Robinson

Holt

Scott B. Sowers

Passenger

Ann Marie D'Angelo

Amy

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Trivia

This was Jocelyn Brando's final acting role before her death on November 27, 2005 at the age of 86.

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The movie is loosely based on the novel "Orbit" by Thomas H. Block, from 1982. In the novel, a hypersonic plane on a cruise from New York to Sydney excesses its cruise altitude due to sabotage by a revenge-seeking company engineer.

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Goofs

The casket Josh is using is described as being hermetically sealed, yet while he is getting situated, the casket is plainly a non-sealing gasket, which is evidenced by the lack of a gasket between the body and the lid. In addition, when he is shining his flashlight around the interior, he is not shining his light at the space between the lid and the body, yet Cody reports there are no light leaks.

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Refueling of Starflight One from Columbia takes an implausibly short period of time.

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Columbia launches multiple times in one day, once with a two hour turnaround time. The absolute minimum turnaround time for the Space Shuttle orbiters was two weeks.

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