The Crash of Flight 401
7.5
95 minutes
10/29/1978
Overview
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.
Cast List
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
Maria Elena Cordero
Lurene Tuttle
Shirley O'Hara
Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini
Susan Brown
Ed Call
J. Kenneth Campbell
Royal Dano
Jerry Douglas
as Miami Approach Controller
Marcy Lafferty
Read Morgan
Lane Smith
Donna Kei Benz
Ralph Brown
Frank Buch
Walt Davis
Roger Hampton
Bob Hastings
Bill Hindman
George Ranito Jordan
Orin Kennedy
Buddy Lester
Robert P. Lieb
Frank Logan
Dominick Mazzie
Julio Medina
Susan Mullen
as Flight Attendant
Mark Pinter
as Stretcher Bearer
Frank Schuller
as Watson
Judith Searle
as Dr. Claire
C. Lindsay Workman
as Dr. Baylor
Leoda Richards
as Passenger (uncredited)