The reason Joe Patroni (George Kennedy) is wearing a TWA hat & coat is that the character is based on a real life TWA employee. My old man flew 30 yrs for TWA and I think he told me this.
@widewiilover also so notice some company bigshot in a suite measuring the bomb hole i think it would make better sense if they had showed a mechanic doing this work
@baraxor yes i guess your right alex haley did a good job with not only the story but with making us understand all the jobs at the airport pilot.mechanic, stewardess,manager,ground crew,gate agent do you work in the aviation industry?
instead of frist class or coach people today ask is flight going too leave today or even this week..thanks faa .oh theres a storm over kanas so your flight to miami from new york is cancelled.the only time that happen before was when the controllers had one of there walkouts...........
I remember seeing this film in the theater on its first run. I have a distinct memory of this ending sequence running on a bit longer. 1) Barbara Hale starting to cry when she realizes she's lost husband Dean Martin for good and 2) Helen Hayes throwing away her free ticket to stowaway again. I've never seen either scene in any TV or DVD version. I'm wondering if the movie got trimmed after its initial release.
I've always wondered how the Barbara Hale/Dean Martin/Jackie Bisset triangle resolved itself. The filmmakers seemed to leave it in--pardon me--mid-air. The crying sequence makes sense---they must have trimmed it for length I'll bet.
I think you are right about (2). I only saw the film on TV many years ago, but I remember my parents laughing when Helen Hayes throws out the ticket to stowaway on the next flight.
Old Burt is after more than just Jean Seberg's scambled eggs...good thing this movie was only rated "M" for mature.
bbdupon 4 months ago
Does Gwen die?
alinneth 5 months ago
I wished there were more classical movies like this. :(
kalvin197 6 months ago
The reason Joe Patroni (George Kennedy) is wearing a TWA hat & coat is that the character is based on a real life TWA employee. My old man flew 30 yrs for TWA and I think he told me this.
singeri 7 months ago
this is the way air transportation should be in American hands
MidwayCastaway 10 months ago
George Kennedy rocks..
MidwayCastaway 10 months ago
@MidwayCastaway
He's still around although very elderly.
veritasvg 6 days ago
I watched it only for Jean Seberg. She was so fucking beautiful.
Tragic about her life.
lukebccb 1 year ago
I'll BET he wanted to see how good her scrambled eggs were! And in the daytime, too~~~~oh, my!
jekorb 1 year ago
I love the music.
spangelosf43 1 year ago
George Kennedy was the only actor to appear in all 4 Airport movies.('70,'75,'77 & '79)
rickjr37 1 year ago
Great movie. Love the can do spirit of Patroni!
98148AH 1 year ago
miss thoughs airlines,north central, twa, eastern,and nort hwest.
neweast1 1 year ago
I just finished book like one hour ago, and this scene is exactly what I missed in it.
End of the book is too much open.
In book, you don't even know if Gwen Meighan got medical help soon enought.
DictatorRoB 1 year ago
"NiCE_GoING"....@SwEETHeART
61vanilla 1 year ago
did anyone notice joe petronis shirt and hat have the TWA logo on them?
robwasmomsrob 1 year ago
@robwasmomsrob i too noticed that. quite funny actually....
widewiilover 1 year ago
@widewiilover also so notice some company bigshot in a suite measuring the bomb hole i think it would make better sense if they had showed a mechanic doing this work
robwasmomsrob 1 year ago
@robwasmomsrob
Actually, I thought that he was an engineer/investigator from the NTSB
baraxor 11 months ago
@baraxor yes i guess your right alex haley did a good job with not only the story but with making us understand all the jobs at the airport pilot.mechanic, stewardess,manager,ground crew,gate agent do you work in the aviation industry?
robwasmomsrob 11 months ago
@robwasmomsrob, wrong Haley...Arthur Hailey wrote the novel "Airport". Alex Haley wrote the novel "Roots". Both good books, though.
cag1970 6 months ago
@widewiilover
robwasmomsrob 1 year ago
one of my favorite movie ..........thank you...
nikolov7 2 years ago
instead of frist class or coach people today ask is flight going too leave today or even this week..thanks faa .oh theres a storm over kanas so your flight to miami from new york is cancelled.the only time that happen before was when the controllers had one of there walkouts...........
neweast1 2 years ago
The guy measuring the hole looks a lot like Van Heflin. Dual roles perhaps?
Darryl80 2 years ago
no no no
neweast1 2 years ago
@Darryl80
Nope.
veritasvg 6 days ago
a ford, looks like either country squire or torino...
wiedep 2 years ago
Does anyone know what kind of station wagon that is that Lancaster is driving? Been trying to find out for years!
DonaldTaft 2 years ago
1969 Ford country squire
spangelosf43 2 years ago
Now that I look at it closely, it looks more like a Mercury wagon not a Ford ( same difference, really).
spangelosf43 2 years ago
That's definitely a Ford
mikethegent 2 years ago
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spangelosf43 1 year ago
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spangelosf43 1 year ago
I'm so glad Helen Hayes won her Oscar for this!
brmnyc 2 years ago
Thanks you,MISTER BOIENG!
adimaj78 2 years ago
Joe Patroni, I've loved you since I was a boy. I still want you to be my daddy. You're so beautiful.
PatroniFan 2 years ago
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Minnexyz 3 years ago
Actually, Lancaster was dumped by his wife earlier in the movie. She was a bit of a shrew, you know.
clydesplace 3 years ago 10
Lets not hold anything back, Mel's wife, Cindy, was a BITCH!
walyern 3 years ago 6
Her leaving him was the nicest thing she ever did as his wife.
Flatbedkw 2 years ago
theres another word to describe her...
mikethegent 2 years ago
@clydesplace
Jean Seberg was a real cutie.
veritasvg 6 days ago
70s... oh my...
badvidsfromgermany 3 years ago
Was "scrambled eggs" a euphemism? LOL They're great, baby!
jekorb 3 years ago 3
I remember seeing this film in the theater on its first run. I have a distinct memory of this ending sequence running on a bit longer. 1) Barbara Hale starting to cry when she realizes she's lost husband Dean Martin for good and 2) Helen Hayes throwing away her free ticket to stowaway again. I've never seen either scene in any TV or DVD version. I'm wondering if the movie got trimmed after its initial release.
BillKoenig 4 years ago 3
I've always wondered how the Barbara Hale/Dean Martin/Jackie Bisset triangle resolved itself. The filmmakers seemed to leave it in--pardon me--mid-air. The crying sequence makes sense---they must have trimmed it for length I'll bet.
bbdupon 3 years ago
Or just leaving it to our imagination on how the triangle ended. I say Dean went with Jackie while Barbara made out big in a divorce settlement !
9aspengold5 3 years ago
I think you are right about (2). I only saw the film on TV many years ago, but I remember my parents laughing when Helen Hayes throws out the ticket to stowaway on the next flight.
revkrull 3 years ago
George Kennedy- spoken like a TRUE old school mechanic
alamokid40 4 years ago 8
awesome music!
IWExcelsiorE 4 years ago 2
god bless old dean martin.
josephdupont 4 years ago 2
still missed to this day but never forgotten!!!
mikethegent 2 years ago