Skyjacked

Skyjacked

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1972-05-24
Duration:101 min
Director:John Guillermin
Actors:Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Claude Akins, Jeanne Crain
Production:Walter Seltzer Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview:

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.

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