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