The general manager of the Lincoln Airport in Chicago, Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster), is having a troubled night due to a blizzard. A Boeing 707 is stuck in the snow and blocking the two-niner lane to other flights. His friend Joe Patroni (George Kennedy) is trying to clear the lane. Mel is also facing personal problems with his wife, Cindy Bakersfeld (Dana Wynter), who wants him to quit his job and work with her father. The arrogant but efficient Captain Vernon Demerest (Dean Martin) is married with Mel's sister but is having an affair with the stewardess Gwen Meighen (Jacqueline Bisset), who tells him that she is pregnant of him. Mel's assistant Tanya Livingston (Jean Seberg), who is in love with Mel, is having problem with the stowaway Ada Quonsett (Helen Hayes), an old con-artist that uses to travel for free luring the attendants. Meanwhile, the down-to luck D. O. Guerrero (Van Heflin) hires a life insurance to his wife and travels with a bomb inside his briefcase. Ada flees from the clerk that is taking care of her and embarks to Rome and sits side-by-side with Guerrero. Soon the airport people learns that Guerrero might be a bomber and the control tells Vernon that he might be transporting a bomber. He needs to set in motion a plan to save passengers and crew.
"Airport" is still a good movie after fifty-four years of its release. The plot is a combination of soap-opera with action and well resolved in the end. It is great to see how the September 11th affected the security system of airplanes in the present days. The personal dramas are engaging, and the conclusion is excellent. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Aeroporto" ("Airport")
"Airport" is still a good movie after fifty-four years of its release. The plot is a combination of soap-opera with action and well resolved in the end. It is great to see how the September 11th affected the security system of airplanes in the present days. The personal dramas are engaging, and the conclusion is excellent. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Aeroporto" ("Airport")