The Concorde ... Airport '79

The Concorde ... Airport '79
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Lowell Rich
Produced by	Jennings Lang
Written by	Jennings Lang (story) Eric Roth (screenplay)
Starring	Alain Delon Susan Blakely Robert Wagner George Kennedy
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Philip H. Lathrop
Edited by	Dorothy Spencer
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	August 17, 1979
Running time	123 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$14 million
Box office	$13,015,688 976,221 admissions (France)

The Concorde ... Airport '79 is a 1979 American air disaster film (in the UK, it was released a year later as Airport '80: The Concorde) and the fourth and final installment of the Airport franchise. Panned by critics, the film also flopped at the box office. Produced on a then high budget of $14 million, it earned a little over $13 million, thus ending the enormous financial success of the Airport franchise.

The film was directed by David Lowell Rich. The ensemble cast includes George Kennedy, who appeared in all four films from the Airport series. Alain Delon and Robert Wagner also star, while Mercedes McCambridge and Martha Raye have cameos.

Kevin Harrison (Robert Wagner), a corrupt arms dealer, attempts to destroy an American-owned Concorde on its maiden flight after one of the passengers, reporter Maggie Whelan (Susan Blakely), learns of his weapons sales to communist countries during the Cold War.

The Concorde takes off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Captain Paul Metrand (Alain Delon) makes conversation with Isabelle (Sylvia Kristel), the purser. They land at Dulles Airport outside Washington, D.C.

Maggie reports on the "Goodwill" flight on the Concorde the following day, which leads to a story of Harrison and his Buzzard surface-to-air missile project. A man named Carl Parker (Macon McCalman) shows up with a claim about documentation of illegal arms deals, but is shot before a passerby triggers a fire alarm, scaring the assailant away.