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The Poseidon Adventure
Hell, upside down.
( Adventure / Drama / Thriller )


The Poseidon Adventure Poster



US Runtime: 117 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 01, 1972   [USA]
 
Director: Ronald Neame   [Director]
 
Writers: Wendell Mayes   [Screenplay]
Stirling Silliphant   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Irwin Allen   [Producer]
Steve Broidy   [Producer]
Sidney Marshall   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Harold E. Stine   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Harold F. Kress   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by John Williams   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: William J. Creber   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Paul Zastupnevich   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Jack Baur   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: 20th Century Fox   (US)
Kent Productions
 


Plot Summary:

    A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.

Cast:

Gene Hackman
Reverend Scott
Ernest Borgnine
Mike Rogo
Red Buttons
James Martin
Carol Lynley
Nonnie Parry
Roddy McDowall
Acres
Stella Stevens
Linda Rogo
Shelley Winters
Belle Rosen
Jack Albertson
Manny Rosen
Leslie Nielsen
Captain Harrison
Pamela Sue Martin
Susan Shelby
Eric Shea
Robin Shelby
Fred Sadoff
Mr. Linarcos
Roseann Williams
Woman
 
Arthur O'Connell
John, the Chaplain
Sheila Allen
Nurse
Jan Arvan
Doctor
Byron Webster
Purser
John Crawford
Chief Engineer
Bob Hastings
M. C.
Erik L. Nelson
Mr. Tinkham
Charles Bateman
First Officer Larsen
Ruth Foster
Passenger
Maurice Marsac
French Naval Officer
Ernie F. Orsatti
Terry
Paul Stader
Martin
 

Uncredited Cast:


Marco López
Passenger (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Phil Adams
Stunts
Craig R. Baxley
Stunts
Janet Brady
Stunts
Jerry Brutsche
Stunts
Eldon Burke
Stunts
Bill Catching
Stunts
Craig Chudy
Stunts
Howard Curtis
Stunts
John Daheim
Stunts
Fred Dale
Stunts
Carol Daniels
Stunts
Paula Dell
Stunts
Bennie E. Dobbins
Stunts
Mike Donovan
Stunts
Dick Durock
Stunts
Gary Epper
Stunts
Jeannie Epper
Stunts
Lila Finn
Stunts
Donna Garrett
Stunts
Orwin C. Harvey
Stunts
Larry Holt
Stunts
Chris Howell
Stunts
Loren Janes
Stunts
Denver Mattson
Stunts
 
John Moio
Stunts
Doug O'Dell II
Stunts
Ernie F. Orsatti
Stunts
Frank Orsatti
Stunts
Victor Paul
Stunts
Gil Perkins
Stunts
Preston Peterson
Stunts
Allen Pinson
Stunts
Robert Prohaska
Stunts
George Robotham
Stunts
Wally Rose
Stunts
Russell Saunders
Stunts
George Sawaya
Stunts
David Sharpe
Stunts
Marilyn Stader
Stunts
Paul Stader
Stunt Coordinator
Paul Stader
Stunts
Tom Steele
Stunts
Ron Stein
Stunts
Jerry Summers
Stunts
George P. Wilbur
Stunts
James Winburn
Stunts
Fred Zendar
Stunts
 

Sound Crew:


John A. Bonner
Sound Supervisor
Don Hall
Supervising Sound Editor
 
Theodore Soderberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vinton Vernon
Scoring Mixer
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


L.B. Abbott
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration
Tom Cranham
Production Illustrator
 
Dan Goozee
Production Illustrator
Ward Preston
Assistant Art Director
 
 

Directing Crew:


Irwin Allen
Second Unit Director
Norman A. Cook
Assistant Director
 
Les Warner
Second Assistant Director
Donald White
Second Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Lou Pazelli
Key Grip
 
Clyde Taylor
Gaffer
 
 

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