Country: US
Technical: col/scope 117m
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters
Synopsis:
An ocean liner is capsized by a tidal wave and a hip preacher leads a tattered group of survivors through the upturned vessel towards the hull.
Review:
It's never quite clear how they got through the hull, but this highly conceptualized disaster pic was the first in a stream of movies with similar ingredients: heroic actor in leadership role, human interest subplots, and bags of spectacle for when the pace flagged. It's no better nor worse than most, but Hackman is always worth watching.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 117m
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters
Synopsis:
An ocean liner is capsized by a tidal wave and a hip preacher leads a tattered group of survivors through the upturned vessel towards the hull.
Review:
It's never quite clear how they got through the hull, but this highly conceptualized disaster pic was the first in a stream of movies with similar ingredients: heroic actor in leadership role, human interest subplots, and bags of spectacle for when the pace flagged. It's no better nor worse than most, but Hackman is always worth watching.
