Skyjacked

Skyjacked

1972 · 101 min · EN · PG · 6.2 (40 votes)
Dir. John Guillermin · Starring Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Claude Akins, Jeanne Crain, Susan Dey · Music Perry Botkin Jr.

On Board Flight 502 Is A Bomb. It Could Be Anywhere. And A Skyjacker. It Could Be Anyone.

ActionDramaThriller

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.

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A tense, claustrophobic thriller set against the backdrop of early '70s anxieties. It captures the paranoia and desperation of a hijacking, with a grounded, gritty feel that pulls you into the unfolding disaster.

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