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DramaMysteryScience FictionTV Movie

The Disappearance of Flight 412

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Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft. To ferret out the problem, he sends a four-man crew on Flight 412. Shortly into the test, the jet picks up three blips on radar, and subsequently, two fighters scramble and mysteriously disappear. At this point, Flight 412 is monitored and forced to land by Digger Control, a top-level, military intelligence group that debunks UFO information. The intrepid colonel, kept in the dark about his crew, decides to investigate the matter himself.

Release Date : 1974-10-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : NBC

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Glenn Ford

Character Name : Colonel Pete Moore

Original Name : Glenn Ford

Gender : Male

Bradford Dillman

Character Name : Maj. Mike Dunning

Original Name : Bradford Dillman

Gender : Male

David Soul

Character Name : Capt. Roy Bishop

Original Name : David Soul

Gender : Male

Robert F. Lyons

Character Name : Capt. Cliff Riggs

Original Name : Robert F. Lyons

Gender : Male

Guy Stockwell

Character Name : Lt. Col. Trottman

Original Name : Guy Stockwell

Gender : Male

Greg Mullavey

Character Name : Lt. Tony Podryski

Original Name : Greg Mullavey

Gender : Male

Stanley Bennett Clay

Character Name : 2nd Lt. Ferguson

Original Name : Stanley Bennett Clay

Gender : Male

Jack Ging

Character Name : Green

Original Name : Jack Ging

Gender : Male

Ken Kercheval

Character Name : White

Original Name : Ken Kercheval

Gender : Male

Edward Winter

Character Name : Mr. Cheer

Original Name : Edward Winter

Gender : Male

Jonathan Goldsmith

Character Name : Smith

Original Name : Jonathan Goldsmith

Gender : Male

Simon Scott

Character Name : Col. Barnes

Original Name : Simon Scott

Gender : Male

Kent Smith

Character Name : Gen. Enright

Original Name : Kent Smith

Gender : Male

Reviews

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talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

This was a decent TV-movie about US government reaction to the question of air force personnel coming across UFOs during routine flight tests. It is well-acted and constructed, and at 71 minutes, doesn't overstay its welcome. Though I haven't been the biggest Glenn Ford fan over the years, through seeing more of his work, my appreciation and fondness had been slowly but steadily climbing, and it was a decent, fun look at pre-'Starsky and Hutch' and pop-music-success David Soul and pre-'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman' Greg Mullavey, as well as other decent, recognizable talent from the 70's American crime/police shows and TV-movies I watched growing up here in Canada. Former actor and later Directors Guild of America vice president and president director Taylor, a mainstay of American TV-movies and shows from 1965-2004 (whom I know most from his work on the original 'Star Trek' series) utilizes a documentary-style approach for the film, complete with military words and times appearing on the screen and narration. It's a serviceable method, though at the very end he undermines it, showing the usual 'All characters and events are fictitious...' blurb...had he not, I would have given it 7/10. It's a decent watch and makes you wonder just how governments around the world have reacted to abnormal events such as those that are talked about here. It's definitely worth a watch if you're interested at all in 'close encounters', like any of the three actors I mentioned, and can appreciate and enjoy the 70's style of television making. My copy was in my infamous Mill Creek 50-pack 'Nightmare Worlds'.