Gene Hackman

Ernest Borgnine

Red Buttons

Carol Lynley

Roddy McDowall

Stella Stevens

Shelley Winters

Jack Albertson

Leslie Nielsen

Pamela Sue Martin

Eric Shea

Fred Sadoff

Roseann Williams

Arthur O'Connell

Sheila Allen

Jan Arvan

Byron Webster

John Crawford

Bob Hastings

Erik L. Nelson

Charles Bateman

Ruth Foster

Maurice Marsac

Ernie F. Orsatti

Paul Stader

Paul Gallico

Jack Baur

Irwin Allen

Hal Herman

John Williams

Sidney Marshall

Steve Broidy

Raphael Bretton

Ronald Neame

Stirling Silliphant

William J. Creber

Harold E. Stine

Wendell Mayes

Harold F. Kress

Paul Zastupnevich

Dan Goozee

Tom Cranham

Theodore Soderberg

Vinton Vernon

Ward Preston

Art Volpert

Les Warner

Donald White

Clyde Taylor

Lou Pazelli

Teresa Brachetto

James Winburn

Howard Curtis

Frank Orsatti

Jerry Brutsche

George Robotham

George Sawaya

Jerry Summers

John A. Bonner

Bill Catching

Bennie E. Dobbins

Jeannie Epper

Fred Dale

David Sharpe

Eldon Burke

John Daheim

Allen Pinson

Donna Garrett

John Moio

Phil Adams

Russell Saunders

Doug O'Dell II

Janet Brady

Orwin C. Harvey

Ron Stein

Paula Dell

Gil Perkins

Marilyn Stader

Tom Steele

George P. Wilbur

Dick Durock

Don Hall

Lila Finn

Loren Janes

Denver Mattson

Robert Prohaska

Larry Holt

Craig R. Baxley

Preston Peterson

Chris Howell

Mike Donovan

Carol Daniels

Victor Paul

Fred Zendar

Gary Epper

Craig Chudy

Wally Rose

Albert Gail

Joel Hirschhorn

Al Kasha

Edwin Butterworth

Norman A. Cook

Alexander Courage

Carol Pershing

John Campbell

L.B. Abbott

Sheral Ross

Del Acevedo

Ann Wadlington

Allan Snyder

The Poseidon Adventure Collection

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Thriller

The Poseidon Adventure

Kent Productions

20th Century Fox

United States of America

English

new year's eve

ship

prostitute

husband wife relationship

life and death

sibling relationship

based on novel or book

faith

ocean

1970s

wave

shipwreck

natural disaster

cruise

seaquake

ocean liner

travel

disaster

capsized ship

tidal wave

disaster movie

Seen this one several times over the years and still is fantastic, from the performances (Hackman and Borgnine especially) to some genuinely emotional scenes to the incredible set designs. Not sure if I place this over The Towering Inferno, but think it might be 1A and 1B amongst disaster films. **4.5/5**

CinemaSerf

It's a toss up for me between this and "The Towering Inferno" (1974) as to which is my favourite disaster movie. This quite gripping drama sees an ageing ocean liner en-route to the scrap heap make one last, fateful, trip. As new year arrives, the ship is stuck by a gigantic tidal wave and capsizes. Carnage onboard ensues, with only a small band trapped in the ship's ballroom with the savvy to make for the part of the ship where the hull in thinnest - and the most likely spot for any external rescuers - before the ship goes the way of the "Titanic"! Gene Hackman is great as the almost maniacal preacher who leads this rather motley band through the innards of the rapidly decaying vessel with plenty of perilous scenarios for them to navigate. The cast are generally good - Oscar nominated Shelley Winters is super, Jack Albertson, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall and Red Buttons all really help the encroaching sense of menace as their task becomes more dangerous. Regardless of their billing - they are all expendable too, and that adds loads to the richness - and plausibility - of this borderline claustrophobic story that certainly doesn't encourage cruising. The cinematography is tight (OK, so you know it is the camera and not the set that is moving!) and there are plenty of pyrotechnics, obstacle courses and deadly traps from ordinary staircases to keep the whole thing entertaining for a couple of hours and I - almost 50 years on - still find it a good watch.

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The Poseidon Adventure( 1972)

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A review by JPV852

Written by JPV852 on Mon Aug 10 2020

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