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Murder on Flight 502 |  | Director: George McCowan
Actors: Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen, Theodore Bikel, Sonny Bono, Dane Clark
Studio: United American Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 084296402496
EAN: 0084296402496
Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 1975
Release Date: August 1, 2005
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 Love Always Farrah August 27, 2009
Bradley Headstone (New York)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This review is dedicated to Farrah Fawcett.
I will begin by saying that that the media shoud be ASHAMED of itself for virtually ignoring the death of Farrah Fawcett. Farrah Fawcett was a wonderful human being.
That said, this is a great 70s horror. Everything starts peaceful and nice, and even a bit comical as different characters board a flight to England.
Within a few minutes a smoke bomb is uncovered at the airport. (We later see that despite the possible dangerous consequences, the person only meant it as a joke and didn't want anyone to be hurt or too scared for that matter.) However, because of this, an airport security man finds a letter he wasn't suppose to find until the next day. (This letter states that he is plotting to murder more than one person on the plane.) GREAT SUSPENSE!
Robert Stack gets major kudos as the pilot who must keep his cool with the flying of course, and simultaneously figure out what to do. Farrah Fawcett also gets major kudos as the Stewardess who does her normal duties but may know more than she is letting on to.
It's hard to write much without ruining the movie. But we have several suspects. We have a doctor (Ralph Bellamy) who has been threatened by a man on flight. He feels his wife died because Dr. (Ralph Bellamy) couldn't be contacted or found. We have a man who feels the death of his daughter had something to do with Sonny Bonno.
Robert Stack finds himself in a realistic situation. His superiors seem to find out more about certain parties AFTER an incident has taken place, but they can't seem to do it before an incident. This of course frustrates the Robert Stack character, but it offers us (the audience) some comic relief.
Overall, it's a great movie with a nice normal start, meance, suspense, some badly needed comic relief, and a twist ending that I won't give away.
One note worth mentioning is that Robert Stack finds himself in a situation that happens quite often. Often when you uncover a crime, there were other branches involved. But often one has to 'let the branches go' for the sake of dealing with the worst threat. Also to Robert Stack's credit is that his character knows that with his authority comes the responsibility to NOT ABUSE IT or play God with it. His character knows that his authority is for the sake of people's lives and well being.
Overall, it's a great 70s horror movie as well as a nice tribute to the wonderful Farrah Fawcett who lived her life with dignity even when she had cancer.
flight 502 July 5, 2009
Lynda J. Fuller (Lombard, IL United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good movie with many popular actors from years ago. I believe Farrah was the youngest. I have to watch it again with no interruptions to give you a good review on this movie.
Good movie February 13, 2007
Gary L. Dibert (Pittsburgh, Pa)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
It's amazing to me what some people will say about movies and most of it doesn't make sense. I bought this movie because it had a very beautiful woman who 4 years later land a usage role in a classic TV show. Robert Stack plays the role of Captain Larkin, Hugh O'Brien plays the role of Detective Daniel Myerson, and the beautiful young women was Farrah Fawcett majors who played the role of Karen White. This was your typical airplane movie where it took about 15 minutes or more to set up everybody roles that would occur on the flight 502. After the jumbo jet takes off Captain Larkin gets a radio call from security in New York City. First, a box was found in the first class section that security thought it was a bomb that turned out to be a smoking jack in the box. Next security finds a note in the lounge with an ominous message left by a passenger threatening to kill some of the passengers. At first, it is thought to be a sick joke, but soon a man posing as a priest and a flight attendant are killed. It is up to the captain to find the killer before the body count increases. All and all the weasel gives this movie 8 star. As far as Farrah Fawcett Majors goes, she did a great job at being the flight attendant in charge.
 Judge for yourself! January 21, 2006
H. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a good TV movie mystery. Sometimes it's just fun to watch a good mystery. Terrorists? I didn't see any. But I do have to comment on some knocks to this film's cast.
I read in a previous review about Had Beens and Almost Weres? Obviously someone under 25.
Ralph Bellamy and Walter Pidgeon are character actors with many years of expertise and are/were excellent actors, not "Had Beens". The same reviewer's "Almost Were" Fernanado Lamas was a sex symbol star a couple generations ago and is a veteran actor with a great deal of talent. The other Almost was, Polly Bergan, who co-starred in Cape Fear with Gregory Peck, is a veteran actor with many films under her belt and a former cosmetics executive as well. Sonny Bono was pretty good at several things before his untimely death, one of them being mayor of Palm Springs. Danny Bonoduce is just Danny Bonoduce, I'll leave it at that.
So what is the requirement to be a "worthy actor"? Not to do TV movies? Then an awful lot of very skilled actors and former big stars are in trouble.
This film is an enjoyable mystery with a wonderful, talented and experienced cast. No more, no less.
Your security stinks!! January 4, 2005
Johny Bottom (Jacksonville, NC)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
So barks iron-jawed Robert Stack at the end of this draining flight. This movie is almost more than a body can handle. Flight 502 leaves New York for London on a routine flight, routine that is until a letter shows up in the first class lounge. There will be murders on this flight.
But who is the killer? Who will be the victims? And why? Could it be the priest who wears fingernail polish? The Davy Partridge look-alike kid who likes to play with smoke bombs? The has been rock star? The bank robber? The mystery novelist? The doctor? Or could it be the lovely stewardess played by Farrah Fawcett-Majors?
I cannot give the ending away because it will blow your mind. Even Agatha Christie could not com eup with a plot with so many twists and turns. But I'll give you a hint. When the second stewardess spills her suitcase, look at the contents VERY carefully.
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