The Hindenburg
The Hindenburg is a 1975 American Technicolor disaster film based on the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. The film stars George C. Scott. It was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson and William Link, based on the 1972 book of the same name by Michael M. Mooney.
Plot
Kathie Rauch from Milwaukee, Wisconsin sends a letter to the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., claiming the German zeppelin Hindenburg will explode while flying over New York City during its first flight of the season. In the meantime, Luftwaffe Colonel Franz Ritter has been named the security officer to protect the Hindenburg as various threats have been made to sabotage the airship, which some see as a symbol of Nazi Germany.
Cast
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Anne Bancroft
- Arch Johnson
- Burgess Meredith
- Charles Durning
- Charles Macaulay
- David Mauro
- George C. Scott
- Gig Young
- Greg Mullavey
- Herbert Morrison
- Herbert Nelson
- Jean Rasey
- Joanna Moore
- Joe Turkel
- Katherine Helmond
- Kip Niven
- Norman Alden
- Peter Donat
- René Auberjonois
- Richard Dysart
- Robert Clary
- Rolfe Sedan
- Roy Thinnes
- Sandy Ward
- Simon Scott
- Stephen Elliott
- Ted Gehring
- Val Bisoglio
- Wade Crosby
- William Atherton
- William Sylvester