Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

114 min · Action, action film, disaster film, katastrophe, thriller film

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Directors

Irwin Allen

Cast

Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Shirley Knight, Jack Warden, Shirley Jones, Peter Boyle, Karl Malden, Slim Pickens, Veronica Hamel, Mark Harmon, Angela Cartwright, Paul Picerni, Patrick Culliton, Dean Raphael Ferrandini

The story

The capsized luxury liner S.S. Poseidon is still afloat after six survivors have been rescued by the French Coast Guard. Mike Turner, captain of the tugboat Jenny, spots the rescue helicopter and finds the shipwreck.

Catalogue themes and tags

1970s, Captain, Cataclysm, Crew, Cruise, Drowning, Ocean, Pfleger, Plutonium, Rescue, Sea, Ship, Shipwreck, Survivor, Terroristen, gefahr, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure

Genres

Action, action film, disaster film, katastrophe, thriller film

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