Top billed cast

1. 

   Gene Hackman

   Reverend Scott

2. 

   Ernest Borgnine

   Mike Rogo

3. 

   Stella Stevens

   Linda Rogo

4. 

   Shelley Winters

   Belle Rosen

5. 

   Jack Albertson

   Manny Rosen

6. 

   Red Buttons

   James Martin

7. 

   Roddy McDowall

   Acres

8. 

   Carol Lynley

   Nonnie Parry

9. 

   Pamela Sue Martin

   Susan Shelby

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-05-28

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...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Poseidon58%
2. Moby Dick70%
3. Life of Pi74%
4. Last Breath68%
5. Gray Lady Down65%
6. True Spirit69%
7. In the Heart of the Sea67%
8. Sorcerer74%
9. Cast Away76%
10. The Philadelphia Experiment61%
11. The Impossible73%
12. War of the Worlds65%
13. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World71%
14. White Squall62%
15. The Core58%
16. Cassandra's Dream63%
17. The Sea Wolf72%
18. Blueback66%
19. Stillwater66%
20. San Andreas62%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,000,000.00

Revenue
$84,563,118.00

Keywords

• new year's eve
• sea
• 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
• dramatic