Earthquake (1974)

123 min · Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, drama film, thriller film

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Directors

Mark Robson

Cast

Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner

The story

Former college football star and current construction engineer Stewart Graff argues with his wife, Remy, after she fakes another suicide attempt which was interrupted by a mild earthquake in Los Angeles. Furious, Graff visits Denise Marshall, a part-time actress and widow of a colleague who died on a project Graff assigned him. Feeling obligated to help Denise and her 10-year-old son, Corry, Graff brings the boy an autographed football from his college days and helps Denise rehearse for an upcoming film.

Catalogue themes and tags

Alkoholabhängigkeit, Collapse, Crevasse, Drowning victim, Earthquake, Los Angeles, Marital Row, Reservoir, Supermarket, Verkäuferin, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Action, Natural disaster, Doomsday film

Genres

Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, drama film, thriller film

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