Zero Hour!

Zero Hour!
Theatrical poster
Directed byHall Bartlett
Screenplay byArthur Hailey
Hall Bartlett
John Champion
Based onFlight into Danger
1956 teleplay on General Motors Theatre
by Arthur Hailey
Produced byJohn C. Champion
Hall Bartlett
StarringDana Andrews
Linda Darnell
Sterling Hayden
Narrated byWilliam Conrad
CinematographyJohn F. Warren
Edited byJohn C. Fuller
Music byTed Dale
Arthur Hamilton
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 13, 1957 (1957-11-13)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$400,764.[1] or $650,000[2]

Zero Hour! is a 1957 American drama film directed by Hall Bartlett from a screenplay by Bartlett, Arthur Hailey, and John Champion. It stars Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Sterling Hayden and features Peggy King, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Geoffrey Toone, and Jerry Paris in supporting roles. It was released by Paramount Pictures.[3]

Zero Hour! was a remake of the Canadian television play Flight into Danger, and was in turn used as the basis for the 1980 parody film Airplane!

  1. ^ "Notes: Zero Hour." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: November 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Lamont, John (1990). "The John Ashley Filmography". Trash Compactor (Volume 2 No. 5 ed.). p. 26.
  3. ^ "Overview: Zero Hour." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: November 16, 2023.