Murder On Flight 502 (1975)

The head of security (George Maharis) at Kennedy airport receives an anonymous letter that a series of murders will occur on flight 502 from New York to London in first class which is already halfway to its destination. The pilot (Robert Stack) and a New York policeman (Hugh O'Brian) on board attempt to discover the murderer before the killings begin. This standard "passengers in peril" airline thriller is strictly by the numbers as are the stereotypical passengers and their situations and the trite dialogue they are required to spout. The cast reads like an episode of THE LOVE BOAT: Farrah Fawcett, Walter Pidgeon, Fernando Lamas, Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Sonny Bono, Dane Clark, Laraine Day (reunited with Stack as pilot and passenger from THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY), Theodore Bikel, Molly Picon, Brooke Adams (DAYS OF HEAVEN), Danny Bonaduce (TV's PARTRIDGE FAMILY) and Rosemarie Bowe Stack. Outside of a neat and unexpected twist at the end, it's all so predictable. For fans of cheesy 1970s TV movies, you'll be in hog heaven. Others might be forewarned. Directed by George McCowan.