FILMSSkyjacked1972

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How Long Is “Skyjacked”?

Name: Skyjacked
Genre: suspense/thriller, aviation, action/adventure, adaptation, crime drama
Released: 1972-09-08
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Claude Akins, Jeanne Crain

1h 40m runtime

19721h 40msuspense/thriller • aviation • action/adventure • adaptation

Suspense/thriller film with a runtime of 100 minutes, released in 1972. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 40m

Minutes100

One SittingYes

With Break1h 52m

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Sky Terror is the reissue title for Skyjacked, a 1972 MGM all-star adventure based on a novel by David Harper. Charlton Heston mans the controls of a Los Angeles-bound commercial airliner which is hijacked to Russia by an unknown miscreant. Even when the skyjacker, revealed to be passenger James Brolin, is subsequently subdued, the crew must contend with a hidden time bomb. The film is graced with a who's who of MGM contractees past and present, including Yvette Mimieux, Walter Pidgeon and Mike Henry. A flashback sequence contains one of the first examples of an American film coming to grips with how rudely our Vietnam veterans were ignored upon returning home; alas, this compassion quickly degenerates into the odious "crazed Vietnam vet" cliche. Footnote: The first network showing of Skyjacked was boycotted by TV stations owned by the Storer Corporation, which had a hard and fast rule against screening any film concerning a hijacked plane.

Runtime Card

Runtime1h 40m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 52m

Movie Facts

Release DateSeptember 8, 1972

Runtime1h 40m

LanguageEnglish

Genressuspense/thriller, aviation, action/adventure, adaptation

DirectorJohn Guillermin

ProducerWalter Seltzer

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