Sky Riders
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62% Critic Match

Sky Riders

They soared from the skies to stage the most daring rescue ever filmed

6.2 / 10 1976 1h 31mPG English
ActionAdventure

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

James Coburn

James Coburn

Jim McCabe

Lead
Susannah York

Susannah York

Ellen Bracken

Robert Culp

Robert Culp

Jonas Bracken

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

Inspector Nikolidis

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Auerbach

John Beck

John Beck

Ben

Zouzou

Zouzou

Female terrorist

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Wasserman

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Douglas Hickox's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Sky Riders is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker