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High-altitude thriller in which the presidential aircraft, Air Force One, is hijacked by Russian communist radicals demanding the release of the Kazakhstani leader. With the First Lady and her family trapped on board, the hijackers threaten to kill one hostage every half-hour until their demands are met. What they don't know is that the president himself is hiding in the hold and formulating a plan to save his family.

Keywords:

Action, Drama, Thriller, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1997) (3 Star)

Cast:

Harrison Ford	.... President James Marshall
Gary Oldman	.... Ivan Korshunov
Glenn Close	.... Vice President Kathryn Bennett
Wendy Crewson	.... Grace Marshall
Liesel Matthews	.... Alice Marshall
Paul Guilfoyle	.... Chief of Staff Lloyd 'Shep' Shepherd

Supporting Cast:

Xander Berkeley	.... Secret Service Agent Gibbs
William H. Macy	.... Major Caldwell
Dean Stockwell	.... Defense Secretary Walter Dean
Tom Everett	.... National Security Advisor Jack Doherty
Jürgen Prochnow	.... General Ivan Radek
Donna Bullock	.... Deputy Press Secretary Melanie Mitchel
Michael Ray Miller	.... Colonel Axelrod
Carl Weintraub	.... Lt. Colonel Ingraham
Elester Latham	.... AFO Navigator

Directors:

Wolfgang Petersen

Writers:

Andrew W. Marlowe