The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 American disaster film directed by Ronald Neame, produced by Irwin Allen, and based on Paul Gallico's 1969 novel. It stars an ensemble cast including five Oscar winners: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Albertson, Shelley Winters, and Red Buttons, along with Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Pamela Sue Martin, Eric Shea, Arthur O'Connell, and Leslie Nielsen. The plot centers on the fictional SS Poseidon, an aging luxury liner on its final voyage from New York City to Athens, before it is scrapped. On New Year's Day, it is overturned by a wave. Passengers and crew are trapped inside, and a preacher attempts to lead a small group of survivors to safety. The film is in the vein of other all-star disaster films of the early- through mid-1970s, such as Airport (1970), Earthquake and The Towering Inferno (both 1974).

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