The Crash of Flight 401
The Crash of Flight 401
Release: 1978-10-29
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 7.5
Drama
TV Movie
True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Charles Fries Productions
ABC
Cast
Christopher Connelly
as Mike Tagliarino
Ron Glass
as Jerry Grant
Ed Nelson
as Philip Mulwray
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
as Larry Cross
Eddie Albert
as Capt. Dunn
Maria Melendez
as Cecilia Tagliarino
Lurene Tuttle
Royal Dano
Richard Yniguez
as Osario
Don 'Red' Barry
as Helicopter Pilot
Jerry Douglas
as Miami Approach Controller
Buddy Lester
Shirley O'Hara
Mark Pinter
as Stretcher Bearer
William Shatner
as Carl Tobias
Julio Medina
C. Lindsay Workman
as Dr. Baylor
Adrienne Barbeau
as Veronica Daniels
Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini
Donna Kei Benz
Brett Halsey
as Standish
George Maharis
as Evan Walsh
Laraine Stephens
as Ginny Duffy
Bob Hastings
Leoda Richards
as Passenger (uncredited)
Brooke Bundy
as Camille Lawrence
Joe Silver
as Alvin Jessop
W.K. Stratton
as Ray Ordway
George Murdock
as Claypool
Marcy Lafferty
Lane Smith
J. Kenneth Campbell
Lorraine Gary
as Emily Mulwray
Sharon Gless
as Lesley Fuller
Joyce Jameson
as Sophie Cross
Artie Shaw
as Elderly Passenger
Susan Brown