SST: Death Flight

SST: Death Flight
Also known as
  • Death Flight
  • Flight of the Maiden
  • SST: Disaster in the Sky
Screenplay by
Story byGuerdon Trueblood
Directed byDavid Lowell Rich
Starring
ComposerJohn Cacavas
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerRon Roth
CinematographyJoseph Biroc
EditorPembroke J. Herring
Running time93 minutes
Production companiesABC Circle Films
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseFebruary 25, 1977 (1977-02-25)
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SST: Death Flight is a 1977 American disaster television film directed by David Lowell Rich. The film stars an ensemble cast including Barbara Anderson, Bert Convy, Peter Graves, Lorne Greene, Season Hubley, Tina Louise, George Maharis, Doug McClure, Burgess Meredith, Martin Milner, Brock Peters, Robert Reed, and Susan Strasberg. It follows a crippled supersonic transport (SST) that is refused permission to land due to the threat of spreading a deadly strain of influenza.

The teleplay was written by Robert L. Joseph and Meyer Dolinsky from a story by Guerdon Trueblood. David Lowell Rich also directed the airplane disaster films The Horror at 37,000 Feet and The Concorde ... Airport '79.