Leslie Nielsen leads the way in this comic masterpiece. When a plane's crew fall ill with food poisoning it's up to Ted Striker, a pilot with a fear of flying to save the day.

Film Trivia

• In some territories such as Australia, the film was released as ‘Flying High’, the official reason being that they were called ‘aeroplanes’ and not as the Americans spell it.
• Christopher Lee claims in his autobiography that he turned down the role of Dr. Rumack which later went to Leslie Nielsen.
• The opening credits sequence is a direct reference to and spoof of the film 'Jaws'. The tail of the plane doubles as a dorsal fin as it glides through the clouds.

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