Terror in the Sky is a 1971 television film remake of 1957's Zero Hour!, which itself was based on the 1956 television play Flight into Danger. Arthur Hailey recycled the premise in his book Runway Zero-Eight which was co-written with John Castle in 1958. The film stars Doug McClure, Lois Nettleton, Roddy McDowall, Leif Erickson, Kenneth Tobey, and Keenan Wynn. Plot Passengers on a plane headed from the Midwest to the West Coast (Winnipeg to Vancouver in the book; Minneapolis to Seattle in the film) get quite ill after eating the chicken pot pie entree. Both pilots also eat the chicken. Passenger George Spencer, a man who has not flown since the Vietnam War (single-engine planes in the book, helicopter/war choppers in the film), is reluctantly pressed into flying the plane, where he makes an emergency landing. Cast Doug McClure - George Spencer Leif Erickson - Marty Treleavan Roddy McDowall - Dr. Baird Lois Nettleton - Janet Turner Keenan Wynn - Milton Kenneth Tobey - Captain Wilson Jack Ging - Controller Sam Melville - Stewart Leonard Stone - Harry Burdick References External links 1971 television films 1971 films American aviation films American disaster films CBS network films Films directed by Bernard L. Kowalski Films set on airplanes Films about aviation accidents or incidents Poisons Films based on works by Arthur Hailey 1970s English-language films 1970s American films