Zero Hour!
| Zero Hour! | |
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 Promotional film poster | |
| Directed by | Hall Bartlett |
| Written by | Arthur Hailey |
| Produced by | John C. Champion Hall Bartlett |
| Starring | Dana Andrews Linda Darnell |
| Cinematography | John F. Warren |
| Edited by | John C. Fuller |
| Music by | Ted Dale Arthur Hamilton |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Zero Hour! is a 1957 movie with a screenplay written by Arthur Hailey. It starred Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell and Sterling Hayden and was released by Paramount Pictures.[1] Zero Hour! was an adaptation of Hailey's 1956 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation play Flight into Danger.[2] 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.[3] 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]
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
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."[4] 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."[5]
References
- ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/96656/Zero-Hour-/
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ "Cinema: The New Pictures". Time. December 9, 1957. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
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External links
- Zero Hour! at IMDb
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