Concorde Airport 79 Movie Summary and Review

Movie Summary for Concorde Airport 79

Concorde Airport 79 Movie Brief

This ‘70s disaster movie was the final installment of the Airport series of films. It stars Eddie Albert, Robert Wagner, and Alain Delon.

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Film Plot For Concorde Airport 79

The movie The Concorde: Airport ’79 is about the flight of the first Concorde supersonic jetliner owned by an American airline. Paul Metrand (Alain Delon) and Joe Patroni (George Kennedy) are slated to co-pilot the flight together. But things could get sketchy, as reporter Maggie Whelan (Susan Blakely) is on board with documents to indict her boyfriend for selling illegal weapons to communist nations during the Cold War.

While not the most successful Airport movie, The Concorde: Airport ’79 is definitely recommended to fans of the series.

Cast of Concorde Airport 79 Film

Capt. Paul Metrand – Alain Delon
Maggie Whelan – Susan Blakely
Kevin Harrison – Robert Wagner
Isabelle – Sylvia Kristel
Capt. Joe Patroni – George Kennedy
Eli Sands – Eddie Albert
Francine – Bibi Andersson
Margarita – Charo
Robert Palmer – John Davidson
Alicia Rogov – Andrea Marcovicci
Loretta – Martha Raye
Elaine – Cicely Tyson
Boise – Jimmie Walker
Peter O’Neill – David Warner
Nelli – Mercedes McCambridge
Gretchen – Monica Lewis
Irina – Stacy Heather Tolkin

Concorde Airport 79 Movie Trivia Items

The Concorde: Airport ’79 was later parodied in an issue of MAD Magazine.

The Concorde: Airport ’79 marked the third and final instance that Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert would co-star in a movie together.

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The Film Concorde Airport 79 was released on January 1, 1979 and earned $13,000,000 in ticket sales in US theatres.

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