Freefall: Flight 174

A true story of a hero in the making

Genres

DramaTV Movie

OverView

True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

5.5/10

Release Date

10 October 1995

Country

United States of America

Cast

William Devane

Capt. Bob Pearson

Scott Hylands

Maurice Quintal

Shelley Hack

Lynn Brown

Kevin McNulty

Larry Roberts

Gwynyth Walsh

Pearl Dion

Gloria Carlin

Meg

Suzy Joachim

Florence Bisaillon

Nicholas Turturro

Al Williams

Winston Rekert

Rick Dion

Mariette Hartley

Beth Pearson

Philip Granger

Phil Lyons

Philip Maurice Hayes

Bob Rand

David James Lewis

Frank Farr

Sheelah Megill

Mrs. Hebert

John Novak

Len Daniels

Joel Palmer

Chris Dion

Molly Parker

Norma Sax

Jeremy Wilkin

James Nolan

Marc Baur

Burns

Tom Butler

Pilot Dave

Fulvio Cecere

Simulator Co-Pilot

Fred Henderson

Simulator Pilot

Paul Jarrett

Mechanic

Roman Podhora

Gardener

Garry Davey

Howard

Lois Dellar

Martha O'Neil

Alf Humphreys

Cabbie

Mitchell Kosterman

Crew Chief

Gloria Macarenko

Anchor Woman

Marcus Turner

Jon O'Neil

Wendy Van Riesen

Marie Quintal

Jeff Irvine

Husband

P. Lynn Johnson

Nurse

Akiko Morison

Gloria

Bob Pearson

Examiner

Callum Keith Rennie

Pumper

Greg Rogers

George O'Neill

Jim Hanks

Mechanic (uncredited)

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