Directed by Jim Abrahams   David Zucker   Jerry Zucker   Written by Jim Abrahams   David Zucker   Jerry Zucker   Hall Bartlett   John C. Champion   Arthur Hailey   Cast Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... Roger Murdock (as Kareem Abdul-Jabaar) Lloyd Bridges ... Steve McCroskey Peter Graves ... Captain Clarence Oveur Julie Hagerty ... Elaine Dickinson Robert Hays ... Ted Striker Leslie Nielsen ... Dr. Rumack Lorna Patterson ... Randy Robert Stack ... Captain Rex Kramer Stephen Stucker ... Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs Otto ... Otto Jim Abrahams ... Religious Zealot #6 Frank Ashmore ... Victor Basta Jonathan Banks ... Gunderson Craig Berenson ... Paul Carey Barbara Billingsley ... Jive Lady Lee Bryant ... Mrs. Hammen Joyce Bulifant ... Mrs. Davis Mae E. Campbell ... Security Lady Ted Chapman ... Airport Steward Jesse Emmett ... Man from India Norman Alexander Gibbs ... First Jive Dude Amy Gibson ... Soldier's Girl Marcy Goldman ... Mrs. Geline Bob Gorman ... Striped Controller (as Bobby Gorman) Rossie Harris ... Joey Maurice Hill ... Reporter #3 David Hollander ... Young Boy with Coffee James Hong ... Japanese General Howard Honig ... Jack Gregory Itzin ... Religious Zealot #1 Howard Jarvis ... Man in Taxi Michael Laurence ... Newscaster David Leisure ... First Krishna Zachary Lewis ... Religious Zealot #3 Barbara Mallory ... Religious Zealot #2 Maureen McGovern ... Nun Nora Meerbaum ... Cocaine Lady Mary Mercier ... Shirley Ethel Merman ... Lieutenant Hurwitz Len Mooy ... Reporter #1 Ann Nelson ... Hanging Lady (as Ann M. Nelson) Laura Nix ... Mrs. Hurwitz John O'Leary ... Reporter #2 Cyril O'Reilly ... Soldier Bill Porter ... Hospital Contortionist Nicholas Pryor ... Mr. Hammen Conrad E. Palmisano ... Religious Zealot #4 (as Conrad Palmisano) Mallory Sandler ... L.A. Ticket Agent Michelle Stacy ... Young Girl with Coffee Robert Starr ... Religious Zealot #5 Barbara Stuart ... Mrs. Kramer Lee Terri ... Mrs. Oveur Kenneth Tobey ... Air Controller Neubauer William Tregoe ... Jack Kirkpatrick Hatsuo Uda ... Japanese Newscaster Herb Voland ... Air Controller Macias Jimmie 'JJ' Walker ... Windshield Wiper Man Jill Whelan ... Lisa Davis Al White ... Second Jive Dude John David Wilder ... Second Krishna (as John-David Wilder) Windy ... Horse Jason Wingreen ... Dr. Brody Louise Yaffe ... Mrs. Jaffe Charlotte Zucker ... Make-up Lady David Zucker ... Ground Crewman #2 Jerry Zucker ... Ground Crewman #1 Uncredited Cast Larry Blake ... Upside-Down Man Susan Breslau ... Ticket Agent William Duell ... Reporter #1 Sandra Lee Gimpel ... Girl Scout in Bar Leslie Hoffman ... Passenger in Terminal Bill Kirchenbauer ... Captain Geline Joyce Mandel ... Woman on Flight Paula Marie Moody ... Girl Scout in Bar Kitten Natividad ... Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane Robert Nevin ... Other Doctor Patrick Reynolds ... Third Krishna Leoda Richards ... Passenger Herb Vigran ... Reporter #2 Produced by Jim Abrahams   Jon Davison   Howard W. Koch   Hunt Lowry   David Zucker   Jerry Zucker   Original Music by Elmer Bernstein

Additional Info Premiere: July 02, 1980 DVD Release: October 24, 2000 Blu-ray Release: September 25, 2011 Country: Distributor: Paramount Studios Websites: Alternate Titles Flying High! Production Companies Paramount Pictures Distributors Paramount Pictures   (1980) (USA) (theatrical) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1980) (USA) (VHS) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (1983) (USA) (TV) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2000) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) (Don't Call Me Shirley! Edition) Paramount Home Entertainment   (USA) (VHS) Paramount Home Entertainment   (USA) (video) (laserdisc) RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs   (USA) (video) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.9 / 10 Our Rating 8.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 8.0 / 10 Female Users 6.1 / 10 Site Ranking #769 / 21,058 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 13 total ratings Almost Perfect 7 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #765 Futurama: Season 10 (2013) #766 Futurama: Season 7 (2010) #767 Futurama: Season 6 (2008) #768 The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: Season 1 (2021) #769 Airplane! (1980) #770 Spartacus: Season 2 - Vengeance (2012) #771 Spartacus: Season 3 - War Of The Damned (2013) #772 Spartacus: Season 1 - Blood And Sand (2010) #773 The Road (2009)