(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "AIRPLANE!") KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR: (As Roger) We have clearance, Clarence. PETER GRAVES: (As Captain Oveur) Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor? LLOYD BRIDGES: (As Steve ...

“Airplane!” evolved from ZAZ’s popular ... who eventually played the gladiator-loving Captain Oveur, first read the script, he thought it was so awful that he threw it across the room.

Captain Oveur. Subscribe to ScreenCrush on Youtube One of Airplane!’s breakout stars, Leslie Nielsen, then returned in ZAZ’s ...