Murder on Flight 502
You're flying the unfriendly skies when your pilot, played by Robert Stack (Airplane, The Untouchables) has to figure out who's stalking the passengers of Flight 502! This murder mystery, produced by TV mogul Aaron Spelling, stars a 747 full of Hollywood stars including Farrah Fawcett, Sonny Bono, and Danny Bonaduce! Made during the swinging 70s, before metal detectors and no smoking on board, Murder On Flight 502 is a real trans-Atlantic thriller so fasten your seat belts, put your trays in the upright and locked position, and hold on tight for edge of your seat action that will leave you in suspense from takeoff to landing!
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One Of Those "Light Entertainment" 70's Made For TV Movies - revsdd
Back in the 70's all the major networks would put out these made-for-TV movies, usually featuring a collection of unknowns and a good number of well known actors and actresses and for the most part they were always enjoyable, even though they were't as sophisticated or as big budget as a major motion picture. This movie was no exception. I stumbled across it on a DVD and for $2 figured it was worth a look see. I can't remember if I ever watched in on TV in the 70's, but it brought back memories of sitting in the living room passing the time enjoyably enough.
This is probably most notable for a pre-Charlie's Angels performance from a very lovely Farrah Fawcett as a stewardess on a flight from New York to London that has a murderer on board. In some ways it's rather preposterous. There are far too many coincidences - far too many people in the First Class section who just happened to know each other and have grievances with each other. The intent was obviously to give a large stable of possible suspects to keep the viewer guessing. In some ways it didn't work. I had the murderer figured out pretty early, and if you didn't figure it out well before it was revealed then you missed something pretty obvious. Mind you, the same could be said for the plot twist involving Fawcett's character at the movie's end, and that took me off guard. I also couldn't figure out why the man who tried to kill singer Jack Marshall (played by Sonny Bono) is never restrained, but ends up back in First Class with his wife as if nothing had happened - he just tried to kill a guy with a knife!
This was clearly made by Aaron Spelling as a lightly entertaining TV mystery to keep people occupied for a couple of hours in front of their TV screens. With folks like Robert Stack, Walter Pidgeon, Danny Bonaduce, etc., it's pretty good fun.
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One Of Those "Light Entertainment" 70's Made For TV Movies - revsdd
Back in the 70's all the major networks would put out these made-for-TV movies, usually featuring a collection of unknowns and a good number of well known actors and actresses and for the most part they were always enjoyable, even though they were't as sophisticated ...