Coded Hostile, also known in the United States, and in other international jurisdictions, as Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy, is a 1989 British television film directed by David Darlow and written by Brian Phelan, about the real life shoot-down of Korean Air Flight 007. The film stars Michael Murphy, Michael Moriarty and Chris Sarandon. It was produced by Granada Television, and first screened on ITV on 7 September 1989. A revised version was screened by Channel 4 on 31 August 1993 to include details of subsequent events.

Plot

Cast

STATE DEPARTMENT:

  • Michael Murphy as Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Richard Burt
  • Debora Weston as Carol
  • Colin Bruce as Dave
  • Marc Smith as Mort
  • Bill Bailey as Military
  • Peter Whitman and Francine Body as Watch Officers
  • Alexander Webb as Aide

PENTAGON:

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL:

MISAWA LISTENING POST:

  • Ed O'Ross as Sergeant Duffy
  • Gavan O'Herlihy as Sergeant Muller
  • George Roth as Captain Ames
  • Mark Burton as Levin
  • Otto Jarman as Clark
  • Bradley Lavelle as Jamie
  • Kieron Jecchinis as Coles
  • Matthew Freeman as Aaron
  • Andrea Browne and James Tillitt as Operatives

COBRA BALL:

TV NEWS:

LAWYERS:

SOVIET AIR DEFENCES:

KOREAN AIRLINES:

  • Togo Igawa as Captain Chun
  • Takeshi Kawahara as Co-Pilot Flight 007
  • Soon-Tek Oh as Captain Park
  • Eddie Yeo as Co-Pilot Flight 015

International broadcasts

The film was first shown by HBO in the United States as Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy on 20 August 1989.

See also

Shootdown

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