The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977): Cast & Plot
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful is a 1977 crime thriller directed by Robert Michael Lewis, starring Stella Stevens as Kate Malloy, Phil Silvers and Gary Collins. It runs 1 hour 40 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 40m (100 min)
- Director
- Robert Michael Lewis
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Don Kirshner Productions
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is The Night They Took Miss Beautiful About?
The premise of The Night They Took Miss Beautiful without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Criminals hijack a plane carrying five beauty‑contest finalists, unaware that a government operative is also aboard with a deadly virus intended for bacterial warfare. When the hijackers learn of the hidden bio‑weapon, the flight spirals into a battle between the agents and the criminals, with an outbreak threatening everyone on board.
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful Themes & Keywords
· 20 tags- sea plane
- kidnapping
- hostage
- beauty contest finalist
- beauty contest
- plane
- deadly virus
- airplane hijack
- hijacking
- cuban cigar
- airport tower
- reference to james bond
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- radio locator van
- humiliation
- bacterial warfare
- mutation
- caper
- beauty queen
- airliner
- germ warfare
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful Cast & Characters
Stella Stevens leads the cast as Kate Malloy, with Phil Silvers as Marv Barker and Gary Collins as Paul Fabiani. Directed by Robert Michael Lewis; 24 actors are credited in all.
- Director Robert Michael Lewis
- Stella Stevens as Kate Malloy
- Phil Silvers as Marv Barker
- Gary Collins as Paul Fabiani
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Sheree North as Layla Burden
Also Starring in The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
· 20 more- Chuck Connors Mike O'Toole
- Henry Gibson Rolly Royce
- Jonathan Banks Buck
- Victoria Principal Reba Bar Lev
- Pat Corley Roman
- Gregory Sierra Omar Welk
- Santos Morales Hector
- William Bassett Smitty
- James Jeter Lew
- Rosanne Katon April Garland
- Burke Byrnes Barney Jessup
- Peter Haskell Damon Faulkner
- Paul Kent Director
- Karen Lamm Cindy Lou Barrett
- Bill Overton Willie
- Lillian Müller Lillie Schaefer
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- Marcia Lewis Mrs. Barrett
- Phoebe Dorin Gloria
- Susette Carroll Toni McDuff
- Al Rossi Duke
More from Robert Michael Lewis
More films directed by Robert Michael Lewis: The Crying Child, Don’t Talk to Strangers, Memories of Murder and Ladykillers.
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful Plot Summary
What happens in The Night They Took Miss Beautiful from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Following a Miss Universe-style contest in Miami, five semi-finalists are flown to Nassau, Bahamas aboard a flying boat for the next round of the competition. The trip includes the American contestant’s stage mother, Kate Malloy, Stella Stevens; the event’s flamboyant Master of Ceremonies, Marv Barker, Phil Silvers; and a deadheading pilot, Paul Fabiani, Gary Collins. The atmosphere blends pageantry with tension as the group prepares for what should be a routine transfer to a new stage of the competition.
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The Night They Took Miss Beautiful FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of The Night They Took Miss Beautiful, each answered in a sentence.
How long is The Night They Took Miss Beautiful?
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful runs 1 hour 40 minutes (100 minutes).
When was The Night They Took Miss Beautiful released?
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful was released on October 24, 1977.
Who directed The Night They Took Miss Beautiful?
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful was directed by Robert Michael Lewis.
More films by Robert Michael Lewis Who is in the cast of The Night They Took Miss Beautiful?
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful stars Stella Stevens as Kate Malloy, Phil Silvers as Marv Barker and Gary Collins as Paul Fabiani, among 24 credited actors.
Does The Night They Took Miss Beautiful have a post-credit scene?
No. The Night They Took Miss Beautiful has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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