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
Joyce Jameson
as Sophie Cross
Shirley O'Hara
Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini
Donna Kei Benz
Maria Melendez
as Cecilia Tagliarino
Jerry Douglas
as Miami Approach Controller
Brett Halsey
as Standish
Laraine Stephens
as Ginny Duffy
Royal Dano
Lane Smith
Bob Hastings
Lorraine Gary
as Emily Mulwray
Eddie Albert
as Capt. Dunn
C. Lindsay Workman
as Dr. Baylor
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
as Larry Cross
Richard Yniguez
as Osario
George Murdock
as Claypool
Christopher Connelly
as Mike Tagliarino
Sharon Gless
as Lesley Fuller
Ed Nelson
as Philip Mulwray
W.K. Stratton
as Ray Ordway
Lurene Tuttle
Buddy Lester
Artie Shaw
as Elderly Passenger
Don 'Red' Barry
as Helicopter Pilot
Julio Medina
Mark Pinter
as Stretcher Bearer
Leoda Richards
as Passenger (uncredited)
William Shatner
as Carl Tobias
Adrienne Barbeau
as Veronica Daniels
George Maharis
as Evan Walsh
Joe Silver
as Alvin Jessop
Susan Brown
J. Kenneth Campbell
Marcy Lafferty
Brooke Bundy
as Camille Lawrence
Ron Glass
as Jerry Grant