The Poseidon Adventure Collection

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

Marco López

Ronald Neame

Paul Gallico

Wendell Mayes

Stirling Silliphant

Irwin Allen

Steve Broidy

Sidney Marshall

John Williams

Harold E. Stine

Harold F. Kress

Jack Baur

William J. Creber

Raphael Bretton

Paul Zastupnevich

Hal Herman

Art Volpert

Les Warner

Donald White

Ward Preston

Tom Cranham

Dan Goozee

Theodore Soderberg

Vinton Vernon

Clyde Taylor

Lou Pazelli

Teresa Brachetto

James Winburn

Don Hall

John A. Bonner

Gary Epper

Dick Durock

Jeannie Epper

Larry Holt

Orwin C. Harvey

Chris Howell

Lila Finn

Donna Garrett

Loren Janes

Craig Chudy

Howard Curtis

Bill Catching

Eldon Burke

John Daheim

Mike Donovan

Bennie E. Dobbins

Paula Dell

Denver Mattson

John Moio

Carol Daniels

Fred Dale

Janet Brady

Jerry Brutsche

Craig R. Baxley

Phil Adams

Doug O'Dell II

Frank Orsatti

Victor Paul

Gil Perkins

Allen Pinson

Preston Peterson

George Robotham

Wally Rose

Robert Prohaska

George Sawaya

Russell Saunders

Marilyn Stader

David Sharpe

Ron Stein

Jerry Summers

Tom Steele

George P. Wilbur

Fred Zendar

L.B. Abbott

Edwin Butterworth

Del Acevedo

Allan Snyder

Carol Pershing

Sheral Ross

Ann Wadlington

Alexander Courage

Al Kasha

Joel Hirschhorn

Albert Gail

Norman A. Cook

John Campbell

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

The Poseidon Adventure

Kent Productions

20th Century Fox

United States of America

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.

English

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