Tales of the Unexpected: Hijack. *solved*

[cliff328]

Greetings all;



I'm new to this site and I need some help. Years ago when I was traveling

thru Europe I saw a movie on TV. I believe it was a British movie about a

hijacking. It was a large aircraft and the hijacker secreted himself in the

forward restroom with a "kidnapped" female flight attendant and gave direction

to the flight crew thru this woman. He demanded (I think it was a million pounds)

telling the crew to fly to a smaller airport. When the plane landed, he told

the captain to count the money, and, if it was correct, he would release the

passengers. The count was correct, and the passengers were released. The

hijacker, still in the forward restroom, then directed the crew to take off, fly

in a certain direction, and appeared to bail out with a parachute. However,

the crew had hijacked their own airplane, and, split the money evenly at the

end of the film. The hijacker never really existed, but was a ruse to throw

off the authorities.



I recall see this in the late 80s, or early 90s. Thanks for your assistance.



Cliff

[clitheroekid]

That is very familiar because it was shown on UK television a couple of months ago. It is not a film as such but a "Tales of the Unexpected" episode entitled Hijack.



"Captain Waterhouse has to deal with a man on board his airliner who seizes Milly, a stewardess, takes her and a bottle of nitroglycerine into a tiny lavatory, and demands one million dollars in ransom money, plus a parachute for himself. The hijacker believes both have been delivered to him, and he jumps out... However, the story is not over yet..."

[helvis]

You can get it as part of a US set here

Amazon.co.uk: Tales of the Unexpected Set 2 [1979] (REGION 1) (NTSC): DVD: John Houseman

[JamesM]

$36 from Amazon in the US.



Well done clitheroekid!

[cliff328]

I had no idea how I was going to find this movie until I found this

web site. Thanks for all the assistance, guys. I owe you all a pint

or two!

[ChristineCB]

Of course, giving me hints to watch one episode out of boxsets that sit on my shelf wins you a vote of thanks! Good little story, great fun... now, back to ROUND THE HORNE...

[clitheroekid]

name='cliff328']I owe you all a pint

or two!

Make mine a million....

[clitheroekid]

name='ChristineCB']back to ROUND THE HORNE...

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