Murder on Flight 502

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Summary: God didn't take her from us - he did!
Review: Okay, you know the drill - there's a killer on board the plane, a controller is sweating over the microphone and scouring the city for a psychologist, the plane teems with the suspicious.
MURDER ON FLIGHT 502 is cheesy fun. It owes its existence to the popularity of real movies like AIRPORT and THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. Like those predecessors, this made-for-television movie (1975) is chock full of familiar faced guest stars. Small screen stalwarts like Hugh O'Brien and Robert Stack, had-beens like Walter Pidgeon and Ralph Bellamy, almost-weres like Fernando Lamas and Polly Bergen, annoying gadflies like Sonny Bono and Danny Bonaduce. Directed by George McCowan, who went on to direct television's "Fantasy Island," which ought to be all the warning you need.
Don't expect too much and you shouldn't be disappointed. I was either lucky or this movie was very transparent - I figured out who the killer was before the end of the first act. Pleasant in polyester.


Rating:
Summary: A good mystery
Review: I have read several plot analysis written by the "pros" and they seem to be all wrong. There is no terrorist on the plane. The story is about a letter that is found in the first class airport lounge after an international flight has taken off. The letter states that there will be murders before the flight lands. The best part is the "WHO IS THE KILLER" set-up. Farrah is in one of her first roles and just as lovely as ever. Adam Brooks talent was not shown enough.

Rating:
Summary: A good mystery
Review: I have read several plot analysis written by the "pros" and they seem to be all wrong. There is no terrorist on the plane. The story is about a letter that is found in the first class airport lounge after an international flight has taken off. The letter states that there will be murders before the flight lands. The best part is the "WHO IS THE KILLER" set-up. Farrah is in one of her first roles and just as lovely as ever. Adam Brooks talent was not shown enough.

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Summary: Your security stinks!!
Review: So barks iron-jawed Robert Stack at the end of this draining flight. This movie is almost more than a body can handle. Flight 502 leaves New York for London on a routine flight, routine that is until a letter shows up in the first class lounge. There will be murders on this flight.

But who is the killer? Who will be the victims? And why? Could it be the priest who wears fingernail polish? The Davy Partridge look-alike kid who likes to play with smoke bombs? The has been rock star? The bank robber? The mystery novelist? The doctor? Or could it be the lovely stewardess played by Farrah Fawcett-Majors?

I cannot give the ending away because it will blow your mind. Even Agatha Christie could not com eup with a plot with so many twists and turns. But I'll give you a hint. When the second stewardess spills her suitcase, look at the contents VERY carefully.