Behind the Scene No 4: can you guess the movie from the image?

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How many guesses will it take you?

The answer is... Airplane

This week's Behind the Screen image is from the classic 1980s disaster spoof Airplane!

Written and directed by the trio of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen, Robert Hayes and Julie Hagerty, Airplane is widely regarded as one of the funniest movies of all time, with nearly non-stop jokes and iconic lines like "don't call me Shirley" and gags like Kareem Abdul-Jabar being called out as he attempts to play a co-pilot.

Leslie Nielsen and Robert Hayes in Airplane

Leslie Nielsen and Robert Hayes in Airplane (Image credit: Paramount/Maximum Film/Alamy Stock Photo)

You can watch Airplane! right now on AMC Plus in the US and Paramount Plus in the UK, or rent the movie via digital on-demand platforms.

Michael Balderston
Michael Balderston

Michael Balderston is a DC-based entertainment and assistant managing editor for What to Watch, who has previously written about the TV and movies with TV Technology, Awards Circuit and regional publications. Spending most of his time watching new movies at the theater or classics on TCM, some of Michael's favorite movies include Casablanca, Moulin Rouge!, Silence of the Lambs, Children of Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Star Wars. On the TV side he enjoys Only Murders in the Building, Yellowstone, The Boys, Game of Thrones and is always up for a Seinfeld rerun. Follow on Letterboxd.