Sky Riders
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“They soared from the skies to stage the most daring rescue ever filmed”
When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.
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Cast
19 people
James Coburn
Jim McCabe
Known for
Monsters, Inc.
The Nutty Professor
Susannah York
Ellen Bracken
Known for
Images
Superman II
Robert Culp
Jonas Bracken
Known for
The Greatest American Hero
The Pelican Brief
Charles Aznavour
Inspector Nikolidis
Known for
Shoot the Piano Player
Ararat
Harry Andrews
Auerbach
Known for
Battle of Britain
Jack the Ripper
John Beck
Ben
Known for
Sleeper
Dallas
Zouzou
Female terrorist
Known for
Love in the Afternoon
The Last Woman
Kenneth Griffith
Wasserman
Known for
Shaka Zulu
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Werner Pochath
Number One Terrorist
Known for
Flatfoot in Africa
Rat Man
Antonis Antypas
Dimitri
Also in
Dictator calls Thanasis
Telis Zotos
Bracken's secretary
Also in
The Shine
The 201 Canaries
Nikos Tsachiridis
Gatekeeper
Known for
Island of Death
Jupiter's Thigh
Douglas Hickox Director · Stanley Mann Screenplay Jack DeWitt Screenplay
Director
Douglas Hickox
Screenplay
Stanley Mann
Screenplay
Jack DeWitt
Screenplay
Garry Michael White
Story
Bill McGaw
Story
Hall T. Sprague
Composer
Lalo Schifrin
Cinematographer
Ousama Rawi
Cinematographer
Greg MacGillivray
Cinematographer
Jim Freeman
Editor
Malcolm Cooke
Costume designer
Emma Porteous
Worldwide gross $1.7M · United States release March 26, 1976 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,730,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Greek
Release dates
United States · March 26, 1976
Theatrical
Denmark
September 24, 1976 · Theatrical
Germany
May 21, 1976 · Theatrical
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