Movie

Zero Hour!

Released: November 13, 1957 (1957)

Runtime: 81 minutes

Genres: Drama, Thriller

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Dana Andrews as Lt. Ted Stryker
Age at release: 48
Geoffrey Toone as Dr. Baird
Age at release: 46
Sterling Hayden as Captain Martin Treleaven
Age at release: 41
Linda Darnell as Ellen Stryker
Age at release: 34
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch as Capt. Bill Wilson
Age at release: 34
Jerry Paris as Tony Decker
Age at release: 32
Steve London as First Officer Walt Stewart
Age at release: 28
Peggy King as Stewardess Janet Turner
Age at release: 27
Patricia Tiernan as Mrs. Joan Wilson
Age at release: 26
Charles Quinlivan as Harry Burdick
Age at release: Unknown

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Roy Gordon as Frank Graham
Age at release: 73
David Thursby as Whitmond
Age at release: 68
Hope Summers as Older Woman
Age at release: 61
Richard Keith as Calgary Station Manager
Age at release: 52
Russell Thorson as Vancouver Flight Dispatcher
Age at release: 51
Willis Bouchey as RCAF Doctor
Age at release: 50
Noel Drayton as Vancouver Control Man
Age at release: 44
Woody Chambliss as Reporter (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
Robert Stevenson as Calgary Operator
Age at release: 42
Larry Thor as Vancouver Radio Dispatcher
Age at release: 41
William Conrad as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Age at release: 37
Maxine Cooper as Sick Plane Passenger
Age at release: 33
Will J. White as Vancouver Policeman
Age at release: 32
John Ashley as TV Singer
Age at release: 22
Jo Ann Wade as Treleaven's Baby Sitter
Age at release: Unknown
Ray Ferrell as Joey Stryker
Age at release: Unknown
Fintan Meyler as Hysterical Woman
Age at release: Unknown
Mary Newton as Plane Passenger with Rosary Beads
Age at release: Unknown
Will Sage as Vancouver Radar Controller
Age at release: Unknown
Arthur Hanson as Toer Operator
Age at release: Unknown