The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Movie Details

Original Title The Poseidon Adventure

Original Language EN

Budget $5,000,000

Revenue $84,563,118

Status Released

Popularity 2.9

Cast

Gene Hackman

Reverend Scott

Popularity: 2.0

Ernest Borgnine

Mike Rogo

Popularity: 1.0

Red Buttons

James Martin

Popularity: 0.3

Carol Lynley

Nonnie Parry

Popularity: 0.5

Roddy McDowall

Acres

Popularity: 0.9

Stella Stevens

Linda Rogo

Popularity: 0.7

Shelley Winters

Belle Rosen

Popularity: 0.8

Jack Albertson

Manny Rosen

Popularity: 0.4

Leslie Nielsen

Captain Harrison

Popularity: 2.7

Pamela Sue Martin

Susan Shelby

Popularity: 0.3

Eric Shea

Robin Shelby

Popularity: 0.5

Fred Sadoff

Mr. Linarcos

Popularity: 0.2

Key Crew

Director Ronald Neame

Screenplay Wendell Mayes, Stirling Silliphant

Producer Irwin Allen, Steve Broidy, Sidney Marshall

Editor Harold F. Kress

Production

Kent Productions

20th Century Fox

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

JPV852 9/10

Aug 10, 2020

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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

May 28, 2023

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. ... Read more