The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)
October 29, 1978Release Date
The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)
October 29, 1978Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
![William Shatner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6675-william-shatner.webp)
William Shatner
Carl Tobias
![Adrienne Barbeau](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/12215-adrienne-barbeau.webp)
Adrienne Barbeau
Veronica Daniels
![Brooke Bundy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8556-brooke-bundy.webp)
Brooke Bundy
Camille Lawrence
![Christopher Connelly](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22877-christopher-connelly.webp)
Christopher Connelly
Mike Tagliarino
![Lorraine Gary](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4274-lorraine-gary.webp)
Lorraine Gary
Emily Mulwray
![Ron Glass](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20157-ron-glass.webp)
Ron Glass
Jerry Grant
![Sharon Gless](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/15299-sharon-gless.webp)
Sharon Gless
Lesley Fuller
![Brett Halsey](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/103-brett-halsey.webp)
Brett Halsey
Standish
![Joyce Jameson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37939-joyce-jameson.webp)
Joyce Jameson
Sophie Cross
![George Maharis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/56115-george-maharis.webp)
George Maharis
Evan Walsh
![Ed Nelson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/15290-ed-nelson.webp)
Ed Nelson
Philip Mulwray
![Gerald S. O'Loughlin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3017-gerald-s-o-loughlin.webp)
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Larry Cross
![Artie Shaw](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/75350-artie-shaw.webp)
Artie Shaw
Elderly Passenger
![Joe Silver](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/49550-joe-silver.webp)
Joe Silver
Alvin Jessop
![Laraine Stephens](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/80655-laraine-stephens.webp)
Laraine Stephens
Ginny Duffy
![W.K. Stratton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/434953-w-k-stratton.webp)
W.K. Stratton
Ray Ordway
![Richard Yniguez](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/192588-richard-yniguez.webp)
Richard Yniguez
Osario
![Eddie Albert](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/15341-eddie-albert.webp)
Eddie Albert
Capt. Dunn
![Maria Melendez](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/67844-maria-melendez.webp)
Maria Melendez
Cecilia Tagliarino
![George Murdock](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6704-george-murdock.webp)
George Murdock
Claypool
![Don 'Red' Barry](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/28268-don-barry.webp)
Don 'Red' Barry
Helicopter Pilot
![Jerry Douglas](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/42169-jerry-douglas.webp)
Jerry Douglas
Miami Approach Controller
![Susan Mullen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Susan Mullen
Flight Attendant
![Mark Pinter](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/586166-mark-pinter.webp)
Mark Pinter
Stretcher Bearer
![Frank Schuller](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Frank Schuller
Watson
![Judith Searle](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Judith Searle
Dr. Claire
![C. Lindsay Workman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/248489-c-lindsay-workman.webp)
C. Lindsay Workman
Dr. Baylor
![Leoda Richards](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/15324-leoda-richards.webp)
Leoda Richards
Passenger (uncredited)
![Barry Shear](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27925-barry-shear.webp)
Barry Shear
Director
![Rob Elder](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rob Elder
Book
![Sarah Elder](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sarah Elder
Book
![Donald S. Sanford](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Donald S. Sanford
Teleplay
![Steve Brown](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Steve Brown
Teleplay
![Charles W. Fries](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles W. Fries
Executive Producer
![Edward Montagne](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Edward Montagne
Producer
![Malcolm Stuart](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Malcolm Stuart
Executive Producer
![Eddy Lawrence Manson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eddy Lawrence Manson
Music
![Jacques R. Marquette](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jacques R. Marquette
Director of Photography
![Sam E. Waxman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sam E. Waxman
Editor
![Alexander A. Mayer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Alexander A. Mayer
Art Direction
![Mary Ann Good](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mary Ann Good
Set Decoration
![Maureen Gates](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Maureen Gates
Costume Design
![Frank Novak](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Frank Novak
Costume Design
![Caro Jones](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Caro Jones
Casting
![James Pergola](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Pergola
Additional Photography
![Dick Crockett](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dick Crockett
Stunt Coordinator
![Arthur Brewer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Arthur Brewer
Special Effects
![Thomas Del Ruth](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1126331-thomas-del-ruth.webp)
Thomas Del Ruth
Camera Operator
![John Fresco](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Fresco
Music Supervisor
![Walt Davis](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Walt Davis
![Roger Hampton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Roger Hampton
![Bob Hastings](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/5059-bob-hastings.webp)
Bob Hastings
![Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/461118-roxanna-bonilla-giannini.webp)
Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini
![Susan Brown](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/97242-susan-brown.webp)
Susan Brown
![Ed Call](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ed Call
![J. Kenneth Campbell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20350-j-kenneth-campbell.webp)
J. Kenneth Campbell
Details.
Wiki.
Crash (also known as The Crash of Flight 401) is a made-for-TV drama film aired on the American Broadcast Company (ABC) on October 29, 1978. It was directed by Barry Shear and based on the true story of the first crash of a wide-body aircraft, that of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar which crashed in the Florida Everglades near Miami on the night of December 29, 1972. The film more or less follows the true events of the crash, although the names of key characters were changed and certain dramatic events were fictionalized. The crash sequence was one of the most authentic (and expensive) for television of the time, using multiple stunts, pyrotechnics and flyaway set pieces.
The film stars William Shatner as maverick National Transportation Safety Board crash investigator Carl Tobias, who is called in to review the jetliner crash under pressure from his superiors to exonerate Lockheed of responsibility. Although the film implies that Lockheed was negligent in the design of the TriStar's flight control systems, it concludes by citing the NTSB's official determination that the crash was due to pilot error: the crew's failure to properly monitor the flight instruments during the last four minutes of flight. The crew was distracted by a blown light bulb in the landing gear position indicator display panel, which caused them not to notice that they had inadvertently disengaged the autopilot and put the TriStar into a slow, imperceptible descent. Eddie Albert portrayed the captain, and Lane Smith, in an early role, portrayed the hospitalized and barely alive surviving flight engineer who alerts Tobias to a computer "mismatch" in the autopilot. The cast also included Adrienne Barbeau and Sharon Gless, whose characters were based on the actual flight attendants tending to the passengers that fateful night. Lorraine Gary, Ed Nelson, and Ron Glass played noteworthy passengers.
It was the second made-for-TV film based on the crash, following The Ghost of Flight 401 which aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in February 1978.Reviewer James Brown of the Los Angeles Times called it "a well-crafted, professionally polished work that falls into the unfortunate trap of trying to tell too much in too little time -- ending up with some admirable vignettes but no clear, sustaining focus to link them together."Another reviewer, Richard K. Shull,
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