On Mar 5, 3:53*pm, "David E. Powell" wrote:
I love it!

Tonight on Turner Classic Movies: They not only air the classic air
disaster parody "Airplane" but the film that inspired it, as well as
another early "plane in trouble" picture!

First up it is "The Crowded Sky," a classic featuring Dana Andrews on
a propeller airliner in trouble in the days when jets and props shared
a crowded sky!

Then up, the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker classic "Airplane" with RObert
Hays trying to conquer his fears and save the say on a stricken
jetliner.

Last up? The movie that inspired the writers of "Airplane" itself, the
air disaster film "Zero Hour."

All three air back-to-back-to-back tonight!

Yes, I am serious! (And don't call me Shirley.)

The cast, recognize anyone?

Dana Andrews ... Lt. 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

Patricia Tiernan... Mrs. Joan Wilson (as Carole Eden)

Steve London ... First Officer Walt Stewart
Jo Ann Wade ... Treleaven's Baby Sitter
Raymond Ferrell ... Joey Stryker
John Ashley ... TV Singer
Willis Bouchey ... British Army Doctor
Robert Stevenson... Air Traffic Controller
Maxine Cooper ... Sick Woman on Plane
Mary Newton ... Mrs. Purty, Landlady
David Thursby ... Whitmond the Argo Fan
Will Sage ... Vancouver Radar Controller
Noel Drayton ... Vancouver Control Man
Will J. White ... Vancouver Policeman (as Will White)
Fintan Meyler ... Mrs. Treleaven
Hope Summers ... Mrs. Summers
Larry Thor ... Vancouver Radio Dispatcher
Richard Keith ... Station Manager
Russell Thorson ... Vancouver Flight Dispatcher
Arthur Hanson ... Reporter
Roy Gordon ... Frank Graham

rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Woody Chambliss ... Whitmond's Drinking Buddy (uncredited)

William Conrad ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Duane Grey ... Plane Passenger (uncredited)
S. John Launer ... Vancouver Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien... Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Katherine Warren... Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)
John Zaremba ... Passenger With Sick Wife (uncredited)