While an unseen passenger buys some lipstick, lead pilot Charlton Heston (as Henry "Hank" O'Hara) prepares for a flight from Oakland to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Unfortunately, the "Global Airways" plane is going to suffer from some significant human turbulence. It starts when TV's pretty "Partridge Family" teenager Susan Dey (as Elly Brewster) visits the rest room. She dashes out to notify the crew there is a message on the mirror, "Bomb on plane. Divert to Anchorage Alaska. No joke no tricks death," written in lipstick...
MGM and producer Walter Seltzer got some skilled professionals to work on this film, to no avail. It was obviously intended to make the same box office flight as "Airport" (1970), and is a tepid variation of that all-star mega-hit. However, "Skyjacked" is a bad trip. The home video sleeve markets it as a "Cult Camp Classic," which is making lemonade with a lemon. Soldering passenger James Brolin (as Jerome "Jerry" Weber) threatens to over-camp Mr. Heston, but the older actor conserves his strength for a spectacular finish.
*** Skyjacked (1972-05-24) John Guillermin ~ Charlton Heston, James Brolin, Yvette Mimieux, Roosevelt Grier
MGM and producer Walter Seltzer got some skilled professionals to work on this film, to no avail. It was obviously intended to make the same box office flight as "Airport" (1970), and is a tepid variation of that all-star mega-hit. However, "Skyjacked" is a bad trip. The home video sleeve markets it as a "Cult Camp Classic," which is making lemonade with a lemon. Soldering passenger James Brolin (as Jerome "Jerry" Weber) threatens to over-camp Mr. Heston, but the older actor conserves his strength for a spectacular finish.
*** Skyjacked (1972-05-24) John Guillermin ~ Charlton Heston, James Brolin, Yvette Mimieux, Roosevelt Grier