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The Ghost of Flight 401

1978 · 100 min

A slow-burning, eerie TV movie that turns aviation disaster into a quiet, unsettling ghost story.

Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tagline
Jet-age ghost story!
Overview
An aircraft crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 passengers. After the wreckage is removed, salvageable parts from the plane are used to repair other aircraft. Soon passengers and crew on those aircraft report seeing what they believe to be the ghost of the wrecked airplane's flight engineer.

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • grief
  • mystery
  • survival
  • guilt
Places
  • sea
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, mystery, thriller, tv movie, horror
Directed by
Steven Hilliard Stern
Written by
Robert M. Young
Starring
Ernest Borgnine, Gary Lockwood, Tina Chen, Kim Basinger, Tom Clancy, Howard Hesseman, Russell Johnson, Robert F. Lyons
Music
David Raksin
Cinematography
Howard Schwartz
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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