When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, rogue pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays) – who has a drinking problem and is afraid of flying – must cooperate with his ex-girlfriend-turned-stewardess, Elaine (Julie Hagerty) and Otto the inflatable auto-pilot to bring the plane to a safe landing. Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar round out the hilarious all-star cast in this spoof comedy that set the gold standard for all that followed it. AIRPLANE! leaves no disaster flick cliché unroasted as it skewers the slew of disaster movies that peppered cinemas in the ‘70s.