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The Hindenburg

6.319752h 5mPGMovieHistoryThrillerDrama

Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin…

DirectorRobert Wise
WriterNelson Gidding
ProducerRobert Wise

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Cast · Directed by Robert Wise

GSGeorge C. Scott
George C. Scott
Col. Franz Ritter
ABAnne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft
Ursula
WAWilliam Atherton
William Atherton
Boerth
RTRoy Thinnes
Roy Thinnes
Martin Vogel
GYGig Young
Gig Young
Edward Douglas
BMBurgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith
Emilio Pajetta
CDCharles Durning
Charles Durning
Captain Pruss
RDRichard Dysart
Richard Dysart
Lehman
RCRobert Clary
Robert Clary
Joe Spah
RARené Auberjonois
René Auberjonois
Major Napier
PDPeter Donat
Peter Donat
Reed Channing
AOAlan Oppenheimer
Alan Oppenheimer
Albert Breslau

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Is The Hindenburg based on a true story?

Yes — The Hindenburg is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).