Concorde Affaire '79

Concorde Affair
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Ruggero Deodato
Produced by	Mino Loy Luciano Martino
Written by	Ernesto Gastaldi Renzo Genta
Starring	James Franciscus Mimsy Farmer Venantino Venantini Fiamma Maglione Edmund Purdom
Music by	Stelvio Cipriani
Cinematography	Federico Zanni
Editing by	Eugenio Alabiso
Distributed by	Medusa Distribuzione
Release date(s)	March 23, 1979
Running time	96 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Budget	Unknown

Concorde Affaire '79 (1979) (Italian: Affare Concorde), also known as The Concorde Affair, is an Italian action thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato and was written by Ernesto Gastaldi and Renzo Genta.

Summary

In the film, a Concorde flight is sabotaged by a major airline whose business is threatened by the speed and efficiency of the new, super sonic airliner. An investigative reporter, Moses Brody, becomes aware of the plan and races to save the next Concorde flight from the same fate. The film stars James Franciscus as Moses Brody and Mimsy Farmer as Jean Beneyton.

Cast and Characters

• James Franciscus.

Franciscus plays Moses Brody, an investigative reporter who decides to go to The Antilles and attempt to rescue Jean Beneyton from the clutches of the henchmen who were responsible for the crash of the first Concorde flight at the beginning of the Movie.

• Mimsy Farmer.

Farmer plays Jean Beneyton, the hostess of the London-Caracas Concorde flight that crashed off the coast of Martinique. Jean was the only survivor of the terrible tradgedy that claimed the lives off all the other people onboard the plane. She temporarily loses her memory and suffers from nightmares of the crash.

• Van Johnson.

Johnson plays Captain Scott, the Pilot of L.P.A.'s second Concorde flight. Shortly into the flight, his plane begins to experience the same problems as the first plane that crashed and must attempt to keep the plane flying while in contact with Jean Beneyton via radio who gives Scott details of what happened on the London-Caracas flight.

• Joseph Cotten.

Cotten plays Milland, the man responsible for the crash of L.P.A. Flight 820 that crashed off the coast of Martinique and he is also responsible for the second plane's problems.

• Venantino Venantini.

Venantini plays Forsythe, one of Milland's many henchmen.

• Mag Fleming.

Fleming plays Nicole Brody, Moses' ex-wife who tells him about the first Concorde crash and that maybe he can solve the mystery of who caused it.

• Edmund Purdom.

Purdom co-stars as Danker, yet another of Milland's henchmen.

• Francisco Charles.

Charles co-star's as George, a passenger on the second Concorde flight.

• Francesco Carnelutti.

Carelutti plays the Co-Pilot on the second Concorde plane.

• Ottaviano Dell'Acqua.

Dell'Acqua plays John, Forsythe's associate and second henchman.

• Aldo Barberito.

Barberito plays the Priest on the second Concorde passenger jet.

• Roberto Santi.

Navigator on second plane.

• Maria D'Incoronato.

Woman looking at sunset on second flight.

• Renzo Marignano.

Martinez, Milland's advisor.

Also Known As

SOS Concorde (Irish and British Video Release). Das Concorde Inferno (German DVD Release). Concorde Affair (American DVD Release).

Certification

Ireland/U.K.: 15's. America: Not Rated.

External links

• Concorde Affair at the Internet Movie Database
• Concorde Affair at Allmovie