David Zucker In Retrospect

This season looks at the films of David Zucker, a filmmaker whose work helped define a particular strain of American comedy: fast, deadpan, and relentlessly precise.

Robert Hays is an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning in an hilarious spoof of airplane disaster flicks.

Director

David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker

Cast

Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar