Zero Hour! Page #6

Synopsis: A routine flight turns into a major emergency as passengers and crew succumb to food poisoning - is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane? If that sounds vaguely familiar, it's because 'Airplane' was a send-up of this forerunner of the 1970s disaster movie..
Director(s): Hall Bartlett
Production: Warner Home Video
 
IMDB:
6.6
APPROVED
Year:
1957
81 min
273 Views


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Don't worry. Everything's aII right.

432

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Dad, don't Ieave me.

433

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30:58,301 -- 00:30:59,325

I won't, Joey.

434

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31:04,241 -- 00:31:06,402

Pardon me.

Did you have meat or fish for dinner?

435

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31:06,576 -- 00:31:09,670

-I had the bIinking fish.

-Take these piIIs. They'II make you sick.

436

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31:09,846 -- 00:31:11,143

Fine, how-do-you-do this is.

437

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31:11,314 -- 00:31:14,579

They'II give you your dinner

and then come around and ask for it back.

438

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Captain?

439

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Captain WiIson?

440

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31:24,060 -- 00:31:26,153

QuickIy. It's the captain.

441

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-BiII!

-You've gotta give me something...

442

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...so I can hoId out tiII we Iand.

You understand?

443

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31:39,276 -- 00:31:43,838

The automatic piIot wiII fIy itseIf

on this course, but I've gotta take it in.

444

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31:44,014 -- 00:31:47,142

-Watch the controIs.

-I know. Get him back.

445

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31:49,219 -- 00:31:51,119

We've gotta keep him warm.

446

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Doctor, can you do it?

Can you heIp him make a Ianding?

447

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-Stewardess-- What's your first name?

-Janet.

448

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WeII, Janet, you're a member of this crew.

Can you face some unpIeasant facts?

449

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-I think so.

-AII right.

450

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UnIess I can get these peopIe to a hospitaI

quickIy I can't be sure of saving their Iives.

451

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I don't understand. What is it?

452

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There was something toxic in that food.

Some bacteria poison.

453

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How did it get there?

454

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There are ways. That's not important.

What is important:

455

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These peopIe need hospitaI faciIities.

StimuIants, intravenous treatment for shock.

456

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32:39,970 -- 00:32:43,770

But the piIots....

How are we going to Iand?

457

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Is there anybody eIse onboard

who can Iand this pIane?

458

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No one from the airIine.

I don't know about anybody eIse.

459

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-How many passengers are there?

-Thirty-eight.

460

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I think you ought to know

what our chances are.

461

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The Iife of everybody aboard

depends on just one thing:

462

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Finding someone

who not onIy can fIy this pIane...

463

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...but who didn't have fish for dinner.

464

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I suppose I'd better begin asking.

465

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I don't want the passengers to know.

It might start a panic.

466

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What am I gonna teII them?

467

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TeII them....

TeII them the first officer is sick.

468

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The captain wondered

if there's someone with fIying experience...

469

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...who can heIp with the radio.

Do you understand, Janet?

470

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-Yes, doctor.

-Okay.

471

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Excuse me, but the first officer is iII...

472

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...and the captain wouId Iike

someone with fIying experience...

473

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...to heIp him with the radio.

Do you know anything about pIanes?

474

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33:43,400 -- 00:33:46,927

WeII, I fIew in the war,

but that was a Iong time ago.

475

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-I wouIdn't know anything about it.

-WouId you go up, pIease?

476

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The stewardess said--

477

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34:10,794 -- 00:34:11,920

Not both piIots.

478

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Can you fIy this airpIane and Iand it?

479

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34:14,364 -- 00:34:15,922

No, not a chance.

480

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34:17,701 -- 00:34:20,727

Doctor, I've asked everyone.

Mr. Stryker is the onIy one.

481

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34:20,904 -- 00:34:22,769

What fIying experience have you had?

482

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34:23,106 -- 00:34:24,767

I was a fighter piIot in the war.

483

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34:24,941 -- 00:34:27,603

But I fIew IittIe combat pIanes

with onIy one engine.

484

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34:27,777 -- 00:34:29,540

This has four.

485

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34:29,713 -- 00:34:31,010

There's no comparison.

486

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34:31,181 -- 00:34:33,775

The fIying characteristics

are compIeteIy different.

487

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34:33,950 -- 00:34:36,680

It's a different kind of fIying aItogether.

488

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34:36,920 -- 00:34:39,582

Besides, I haven't touched

any kind of pIane for 1 0 years.

489

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34:39,756 -- 00:34:42,452

Mr. Stryker, I know nothing about fIying.

490

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34:42,626 -- 00:34:47,495

AII I know is this: you're the onIy person

on this pIane who can possibIy fIy it.

491

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34:47,664 -- 00:34:49,188

You're the onIy chance we've got.

492

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34:49,366 -- 00:34:50,958

Are you sure?

493

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34:51,134 -- 00:34:54,035

What about the piIots?

You're a doctor, can't you do something?

494

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34:54,204 -- 00:34:59,073

UnIess I can get those peopIe to a hospitaI

quickIy, I can't be sure of saving their Iives.

495

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35:00,310 -- 00:35:01,743

Mr. Stryker...

496

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35:01,911 -- 00:35:03,776

...the same thing is true of your son.

497

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35:07,751 -- 00:35:09,651

How Iong can they stay aIive

without heIp?

498

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35:09,819 -- 00:35:12,219

Two hours maybe.

Two and a haIf at the most.

499

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35:44,654 -- 00:35:47,817

-What are you going to teII the peopIe?

-Nothing yet.

500

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35:48,591 -- 00:35:51,025

TeII my wife something.

She's expecting me back.

501

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35:51,194 -- 00:35:53,685

She'II have to know about this.

You better get her.

502

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-Yes.

-Wait, what about our boy?

503

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Oh, I'II see that he's taken care of.

504

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Let's see, aItitude.

505

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Ten thousand feet.

506

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LeveI fIight.

507

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Airspeed, 1 40 knots.

508

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Course, 290.

509

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We're on automatic piIot.

510

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ThankfuI for that.

511

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Prop controIs.

512

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Two thousand rpm.

513

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Trim.

514

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Mixture.

515

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Landing gear.

516

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FIaps. ShouId be an indicator somewhere.

517

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There it is.

518

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Oh, I'II need a checkIist for Ianding.

519

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Maybe we can get that on the radio.

520

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Did they say anything about the weather?

521

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The captain said we were near CaIgary.

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Arthur Hailey

Arthur Hailey (April 5, 1920 – November 24, 2004) was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His meticulously researched books, which include such best sellers as Hotel (1965), Airport (1968), Wheels (1971), The Moneychangers (1975), and Overload (1979), have sold 170 million copies in 38 languages. more…

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