This is the movie that started it all!-the birth of disaster films of the 70's. This is the "Grand Hotel of the skies" When you are up in the air at 10,000 feet-the people who live complicated lives always thinks the worst. With this in mind, let us now consider the following:
**Mel Bakerfield(Burt Lancaster)is not getting along with his wife. His wife has got be the most nagging wife to grace the screen. At the same time, he's having an affair with his assistant(Jean Seberg).
**Van Heflin and Jean Stapelton are husband and wife who are low on cash-and He has a plan that will get them out of debt-at the risk of everyone on the plane bound for Rome.
**The caption(Dean Martin)is having an affair with one of the stewardesses, he gets her pregnant. There's only one problem-He's married to Barbara Hale of Perry Mason Fame.
**There are internal problems as well: They got to deal with a Stowaway(Helen Hayes)who has a clever way of getting on a plane without a ticket. She's on the plane to Rome and is seated next to Van Heflin(see film for details). Then There's the Meadowwood suburbs witch happens to be next to Runway 2.2. Every time a plane takes off or lands on 2.2, it causes vibrations to the homes in Meadowwood-and they had it up to here with broken china! And the airport is headed for legal trouble if they continue using 2.2. One problem: There's a plane stuck on 2.9niner blocking the runway and Joe Patroni(George Kennedy) is in charge of getting that plane moved.......because The plane to Rome is on it's way back and they need 2.9niner.
This film entertains in spite of itself. My only problem with this film is it's G rating from MPAA. Why is the movie rated G? This movie deals with Adultery, divorce and other mature themes and uses of words like "hell," "damn" should have earned it a PG rating.
**Mel Bakerfield(Burt Lancaster)is not getting along with his wife. His wife has got be the most nagging wife to grace the screen. At the same time, he's having an affair with his assistant(Jean Seberg).
**Van Heflin and Jean Stapelton are husband and wife who are low on cash-and He has a plan that will get them out of debt-at the risk of everyone on the plane bound for Rome.
**The caption(Dean Martin)is having an affair with one of the stewardesses, he gets her pregnant. There's only one problem-He's married to Barbara Hale of Perry Mason Fame.
**There are internal problems as well: They got to deal with a Stowaway(Helen Hayes)who has a clever way of getting on a plane without a ticket. She's on the plane to Rome and is seated next to Van Heflin(see film for details). Then There's the Meadowwood suburbs witch happens to be next to Runway 2.2. Every time a plane takes off or lands on 2.2, it causes vibrations to the homes in Meadowwood-and they had it up to here with broken china! And the airport is headed for legal trouble if they continue using 2.2. One problem: There's a plane stuck on 2.9niner blocking the runway and Joe Patroni(George Kennedy) is in charge of getting that plane moved.......because The plane to Rome is on it's way back and they need 2.9niner.
This film entertains in spite of itself. My only problem with this film is it's G rating from MPAA. Why is the movie rated G? This movie deals with Adultery, divorce and other mature themes and uses of words like "hell," "damn" should have earned it a PG rating.