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| Zero Hour! | |
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 Promotional film poster |
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| Directed by | Hall Bartlett |
| Produced by | John C. Champion Hall Bartlett |
| Written by | Arthur Hailey |
| Starring | Dana Andrews Linda Darnell |
| Music by | Ted Dale Arthur Hamilton |
| Cinematography | John F. Warren |
| Editing by | John C. Fuller |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 13, 1957 (USA) |
| Running time | 81 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Zero Hour! is a 1957 movie whose screenplay was written by Arthur Hailey, starring Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Sterling Hayden, and released by Paramount Pictures. Zero Hour! was an adaptation of Hailey's 1956 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation play Flight into Danger.[1] Hailey also co-wrote a novel with John Castle based on the same premise, titled Flight Into Danger: Runway Zero-Eight (1958).
The rights to the movie were purchased by the makers of the 1980 parody film Airplane!, and they were able to use the screenplay almost verbatim.[2] In later years, the film was acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on June 26, 2007.[citation needed]
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[edit] Cast
- Dana Andrews .... Squadron Leader Ted Stryker
- Linda Darnell .... Ellen Stryker
- Sterling Hayden .... Captain Martin Treleaven
- Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch .... Capt. Bill Wilson, Pilot
- Geoffrey Toone .... Dr. Baird
- Jerry Paris .... Tony Decker
- Peggy King .... Stewardess Janet Turner
- Charles Quinlivan .... Harry Burdick
[edit] Reception
Bosley Crowther called it an "exciting contemplation of a frightening adventure in the skies" based on a "good terse script"..."Dana Andrews as the hero and Sterling Hayden as the captain are first-rate in these roles, keeping them hard and unrelenting."[3] Time magazine called the script a "bloopy inflation of a 1956 television show" and said its "moral struggle comes off fairly well, but the general situation is as patently contrived as one of Walter Mitty's daydreams."[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Ben Mankiewicz, commentator (July 17, 2010). TCM presentation of "Zero Hour!". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ Commentary, Airplane! DVD
- ^ Bosley Crowther (November 14, 1957). "The Screen - 'Zero Hour, Aviation Melodrama at Loew's State". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9801E6DC1138E73ABC4C52DFB767838C649EDE. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ "Cinema: The New Pictures". Time. December 9, 1957. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810170-2,00.html. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
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