Air Force One is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell, and Paul Guilfoyle. The film was written by Andrew W. Marlowe. It tells the story of a group of terrorists who hijack Air Force One and the President's attempt to rescue everyone on board by retaking his plane.
Harrison Ford as President James Marshall, the popular President of the United States and a family man, who loves his wife, Grace, and daughter, Alice. Marshall is also a decorated helicopter-rescue pilot, Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor recipient who speaks reasonably fluent Russian. Feigning escape during Air Force One's hijacking, he attempts to retake his aircraft and rescue everyone.
Gary Oldman as Egor Korshunov, a ruthless Radek loyalist and terrorist ringleader, who leads the hijacking of Air Force One. Korshunov believes that the collapse of the Soviet Union has ruined his country. The character is erroneously named Ivan Korshunov in the end credits.
Glenn Close as Vice President Kathryn Bennett, the first female Vice President of the United States, who commands the situation in the White House Situation Room
Wendy Crewson as First Lady Grace Marshall
Liesel Matthews as Alice Marshall, the President's daughter
Paul Guilfoyle as White House Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd
William H. Macy as Major Norman Caldwell, USAF, military aide to the President
Dean Stockwell as Defense Secretary Walter Dean
Elya Baskin as Andrei Kolchak, Korshunov's best friend, trusted lieutenant and pilot
Levan Uchaneishvili as Sergei Lenski, Korshunov's henchman and communications expert
David Vadim as Igor Nevsky, Korshunov's henchman
Andrew Divoff as Boris Bazylev, Korshunov's henchman
Ilia Volok as Vladimir Krasin, Korshunov's henchman and close friend, whom he served with in the Soviet-Afghan War
Xander Berkeley as Secret Service Special Agent Gibbs, the head of the Presidential Protective Division and the hijackers' mole. The hijackers never reveal that Gibbs is their inside man.
Alan Woolf as Russian President Stolicha Petrov
Tom Everett as National Security Advisor Jack Doherty. Korshunov executes Doherty, the first hostage to die.
Jürgen Prochnow as General Ivan Radek, the military dictator of a rogue terrorist regime in Kazakhstan, which has taken possession of stolen former Soviet nuclear weapons, threatening to start a new Cold War. Radek's regime is responsible for the killing of 200,000 people. Captured by a joint Russian–American military team, Radek is imprisoned in Russia, awaiting trial for his crimes against humanity. The terrorists who take over Air Force One demand his release, threatening to kill a hostage every half-hour. The character is erroneously named Alexander Radek by the end credits.
Donna Bullock as Deputy Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell. Korshunov executes Melanie, the second hostage to die.
Michael Ray Miller as Colonel Axelrod, USAF, pilot of Air Force One
Carl Weintraub as Lieutenant Colonel Ingraham, USAF, co-pilot of Air Force One
Spencer Garrett as White House aide Thomas Lee
Bill Smitrovich as General William Northwood, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Glenn Morshower as U.S. Secret Service Agent Walters
David Gianopoulos as U.S. Secret Service Agent Johnson
Dan Shor as Notre Dame aide
Philip Baker Hall as Attorney General Andrew Ward
Richard Doyle as Colonel Bob Jackson, USAF, Air Force One Backup Pilot
Willard Pugh as White House Communications officer
Diana Bellamy as White House switchboard operator Pananides
Don McManus as Lt. Colonel Jack Carlton, F-15 "Halo Flight" Leader
J.A. Preston as Major General Samuel Greely. Having been President Marshall's commanding officer during the Vietnam War, he is the first to anticipate that Marshall is battling the hijackers.
Michael Monks as Assistant White House Press Secretary