Airport 1975 is a 1974 American action thriller movie directed by Jack Smight and is based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Hailey. It stars Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Gloria Swanson, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair, Sid Caesar, Jerry Stiller, Norman Fell, Nancy Olson, Guy Stockwell and was distributed by Universal Pictures.