A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.
Chuck Norris
as Major Scott McCoy
Lee Marvin
as Colonel Nick Alexander
Shelley Winters
as Edie Kaplan
Martin Balsam
as Ben Kaplan
Joey Bishop
as Harry Goldman
Robert Forster
as Abdul
Lainie Kazan
as Sylvia Goldman
George Kennedy
as Father O'Malley
Hanna Schygulla
as Ingrid
Susan Strasberg
as Debra Levine
Bo Svenson
as Capt. Campbell
Robert Vaughn
as Gen. Woodbridge