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Final Approach | |
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Genre | Action, Thriller |
Written by | Adam Armus Nora Kay Foster |
Directed by | Armand Mastroianni |
Starring | Dean Cain Anthony Michael Hall Ernie Hudson |
Theme music composer | Marc Streitenfeld |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Armand Mastroianni |
Cinematography | Dane Peterson |
Editor | Pietro Scalia |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Hallmark Channel |
Release | May 24, 2008 |
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Jack Bender (Dean Cain) suddenly finds himself in a hostile situation as a group of highly trained and well-armed terrorists, led by Greg Gilliad (Anthony Michael Hall), seize the airplane on which he is traveling, a Lockheed L-1011 of Infinity Air Flight 732 from Newark International Airport to LAX. Bender must re-immerse himself into a world he thought he left behind forever.
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