The Hindenburg
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✎ Suggest a correctionA psychic from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sends a letter to the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. claiming the Hindenburg Zeppelin will explode after flying over New York. Luftwaffe Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott) boards with the intention of protecting the airship. Ritter is assisted by a Nazi government official, SS/Gestapo Hauptsturmführer Martin Vogel (Roy Thinnes) Both operate independently in investigating the background of all passengers and crew on the voyage. Many possible clues turn out to be red herrings, such as acrobat Joe Spah
Credits
- Directed by
- Robert Wise
- Written by
- Nelson Gidding, William Link, Richard Levinson
- Cast
- Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Gig Young, René Auberjonois, Charles Durning, Robert Clary, Stephen Elliott, Roy Thinnes, Val Bisoglio, Burgess Meredith, Peter Donat, Joe Turkel, William Sylvester, Norman Alden, Herbert Morrison …
- Produced by
- Robert Wise
- Cinematography
- Robert L. Surtees
- Music
- David Shire
- Edited by
- Donn Cambern
Copyright
Registered 25Dec75 · LP45935 (Jan-Jun 1976) Copyright holder: Universal Pictures
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