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The Crash of Flight 401

6.819781h 35mMovieDramaTV Movie

True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.

DirectorBarry Shear
ProducersMalcolm Stuart·Charles W. Fries

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Cast · Directed by Barry Shear

WSWilliam Shatner
William Shatner
Carl Tobias
ABAdrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Barbeau
Veronica Daniels
BBBrooke Bundy
Brooke Bundy
Camille Lawrence
CCChristopher Connelly
Christopher Connelly
Mike Tagliarino
LGLorraine Gary
Lorraine Gary
Emily Mulwray
RGRon Glass
Ron Glass
Jerry Grant
SGSharon Gless
Sharon Gless
Lesley Fuller
BHBrett Halsey
Brett Halsey
Standish
JJJoyce Jameson
Joyce Jameson
Sophie Cross
GMGeorge Maharis
George Maharis
Evan Walsh
ENEd Nelson
Ed Nelson
Philip Mulwray
GOGerald S. O'Loughlin
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Larry Cross

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The Crash of Flight 401 hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 17, 1978. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.