American Skyjacker
Between the years of 1967 and 1972, over 300 commercial airplanes were hijacked worldwide, with over 130 of those hijackings occurring in America alone.
The most famous of these hijackings was the one perpetrated by the now-infamous D.B. Cooper, who hijacked a plane in late 1971, demanded $200,000 and after receiving the money, jumped out of the plane mid-flight, never to be heard from again.
While Cooper's story is one of true crime legend, there's a problem with it ? there's no second or third act.However, when it comes to the legendary tale of Martin McNally ? who hijacked an American Airlines flight out of St. Louis just 6 months later and jumped out of the back with $500,000 ? his story may just be one of the wildest, relatively unknown true crime stories in modern American history.
In the documentary action/thriller AMERICAN SKYJACKER, Martin McNally himself will tell his unbelievable but true criminal biography in his own words, one which involves multiple skyjackings, attempted prison escapes, and deadly love stories.
Pegalo Pictures independently produced this feature documentary from their popular, eponymously-named podcast, interweaving the interviews with McNally and other main characters with cinematic recreations and headline news archive.
