The Poseidon Adventure
Rated PG
117 minutes
1972
En route from New York City to Greece on New Year's Eve, majestic passenger ship the S.S. Poseidon is overtaken by a tidal wave. With the captain (Leslie Nielsen) dead, surviving passengers, including the passionate Rev. Scott (Gene Hackman), band together in the ship's ballroom. The group struggles to avert fires, flooding, structural instability and mechanical malfunctions as they make their way through a maze of ladders and tunnels in their desperate attempt to escape a watery grave.
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Film Credits
Director: Ronald Neame and Irwin Allen
Writer: Paul Gallico, Wendell Mayes and Stirling Silliphant
Producer: Irwin Allen and Steve Broidy
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Jack Albertson, Leslie Nielsen, Pamela Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea, Fred Sadoff, Sheila Mathews, Jan Arvan, Byron Webster, John Crawford and Bob Hastings