SHATNER SUNDAY: Shatner as a genuinely depressing alcoholic ex-priest

In the 1973 movie The Horror at 37,000 Feet*, William Shatner appears as a bitter, alcoholic ex-priest who offers little comfort to his terrified fellow passengers. There's something genuinely grim about Shatner in this scene. While he became famous for his hammily heroic speechifying on Star Trek, Shatner had an under-used talent for portraying self-pitying cads, too.



(* Not to be confused with the famous Twilight Zone episode, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, also featuring William Shatner.)