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The Poseidon Adventure ()

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A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 13 nominations.
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Reverend Scott
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Rogo
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Martin
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Nonnie
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Acres
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Linda Rogo
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Belle Rosen
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Manny Rosen
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Susan
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Chaplain
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Robin
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Linarcos
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Nurse (as Sheila Mathews)
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Doctor
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Purser
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Chief Engineer
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M. C.
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Mr. Tinkham (as Erik Nelson)
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The Captain
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Cable Steward (uncredited)
Craig Barley ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Todd Bartlett ...
Passenger (uncredited)
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First Officer Larsen (uncredited)
Doug Bell ...
Ship's Officer on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Jack Berle ...
Passenger (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
Eldon Burke ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Dusty Cadis ...
Passenger at Sermon (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
Lisa Christy ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Craig Chudy ...
Helmsman (uncredited)
Jack Clinton ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Tony M. Conde ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Ronn Cragg ...
Radarman (uncredited)
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Dining Room Steward (uncredited)
Fred Dale ...
Passenger (uncredited)
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Sliding Female Passenger in Red Dress (uncredited)
Ray Didsbury ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Connie Ducharme ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Ken DuMain ...
Ship's Officer in Booth (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
Dotty Ertel ...
Blonde Female Passenger at Sermon (uncredited)
Len Felber ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Ruth Foster ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Bill French ...
Dead Kitchen Worker (uncredited)
Jim Galante ...
Assistant Engineer (uncredited)
Bob Golden ...
Wiper (uncredited)
Valerie Hall ...
Passenger (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
Orwin C. Harvey ...
Falling Man (uncredited)
Francine Henderson ...
Woman at Sermon / Female Passenger with Broken Neck (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
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Falling Man (uncredited)
Shep Houghton ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Chris Howell ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Lorraine Keeling ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Jack Krupnick ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Bob Liddle ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Marco Lopez ...
Passenger (uncredited)
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French Naval Officer (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
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Passenger at Sermon (uncredited)
Michael Omartian ...
Keyboard Player in Band (uncredited)
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Terry - Susan's Date (uncredited)
Victor Paul ...
Kyrenos (uncredited)
Stuart Perry ...
Teddy Parry (uncredited)
Allen Pinson ...
Passenger (uncredited)
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Dark-Haired Boy at Reverend Scott's Sermon (uncredited)
Tony Regan ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Frieda Rentie ...
Passenger (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
Lance Rimmer ...
Passenger (uncredited)
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Woman Next to Mr. Tinkham (uncredited)
George Sawaya ...
Bos'n Mate (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
George Simmons ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
Marilyn Stader ...
Falling Passenger (uncredited)
Paul Stader ...
Martin - Wireless Operator (uncredited)
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Passenger Who Helps Catch Susan (uncredited)
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Passenger (uncredited)
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Man in Group Following Doctor (uncredited)
Sheila Surkes Scotti ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Mark Tulin ...
Bass Guitarist as Ship Sinks (uncredited)
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Crump - Guitarist #1 (uncredited)
Tim Wallace ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Rick Warick ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Lori Williams ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Roseann Williams ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Judith Woodbury ...
Passenger (uncredited)
Gary Wright ...
Day Helmsman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ronald Neame

Written by

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Paul Gallico ... (from the novel by)
 
Stirling Silliphant ... (screenplay by) and
Wendell Mayes ... (screenplay by)

Produced by

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Irwin Allen ... producer (produced by)
Steve Broidy ... executive producer (uncredited)
Sherrill C. Corwin ... executive producer (uncredited)
Sidney Marshall ... associate producer

Music by

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John Williams

Cinematography by

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Harold E. Stine ... director of photography

Editing by

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Harold F. Kress

Editorial Department

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William DeNicholas ... assistant film editor

Casting By

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Jack Baur

Production Design by

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William J. Creber ... (as William Creber)

Set Decoration by

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Raphael Bretton

Costume Design by

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Paul Zastupnevich

Makeup Department

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Del Acevedo ... makeup artist
Edwin Butterworth ... makeup artist (as Ed Butterworth)
Carol Pershing ... hair stylist
Sheral Ross ... hair stylist
Allan Snyder ... makeup artist
Ann Wadlington ... hair stylist
Daniel C. Striepeke ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Hal Herman ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Norman A. Cook ... Second Unit Assistant Director / assistant director (as Norman Cook)
Les Warner ... second assistant director
Donald White ... second assistant director (as Don White)
Irwin Allen ... second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Tom Cranham ... production illustrator
Dan Goozee ... production illustrator
Bob McLaughlin ... property master
Ward Preston ... assistant art director
Duane Alt ... illustrator (uncredited)
Jerry Kobold ... assistant prop man (uncredited)
Mort Künstler ... poster artist (uncredited)
Charles Stevens ... construction coordinator (uncredited)
Richard A. Villalobos ... leadman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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John A. Bonner ... sound supervisor (as John Bonner)
Herman Lewis ... production mixer
Theodore Soderberg ... re-recording mixer
Orrick Barrett ... boom man (uncredited)
Raul A. Bruce ... boom operator (uncredited)
Don Hall ... supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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A.D. Flowers ... mechanical effects
Vernon Archer ... special effects (uncredited)
Johnny Borgese ... special effects (uncredited)
Gerald Endler ... mechanical effects (uncredited)
Glen Robinson ... mechanical effects (uncredited)
Paul Wurtzel ... mechanical effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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L.B. Abbott ... special photographic effects
Matthew Yuricich ... matte painter (uncredited)

Stunts

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Paul Stader ... stunt coordinator
Phil Adams ... stunts (uncredited)
Craig R. Baxley ... stunts (uncredited)
Marilyn Bower ... stunts (uncredited)
Janet Brady ... stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Brutsche ... stunts (uncredited)
Eldon Burke ... stunts (uncredited)
Bill Catching ... stunts (uncredited)
Craig Chudy ... stunts (uncredited)
Howard Curtis ... stunts (uncredited)
Pepper Curtis ... stunt double (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
John Daheim ... stunts (uncredited)
Fred Dale ... stunts (uncredited)
Carol Daniels ... stunts (uncredited)
Paula Dell ... stunts (uncredited)
Bennie E. Dobbins ... stunts (uncredited)
Mike Donovan ... stunts (uncredited)
Dick Durock ... stunts (uncredited)
Gary Epper ... stunts (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper ... stunts (uncredited)
Pamela Estrom ... stunt double: Carol Lynley (uncredited)
Lila Finn ... stunts (uncredited)
Donna Garrett ... stunts (uncredited)
Orwin C. Harvey ... stunts (uncredited)
Larry Holt ... stunts (uncredited)
Chris Howell ... stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes ... stunts (uncredited)
Mike Johnson ... stunts (uncredited)
Denver Mattson ... stunts (uncredited)
John Moio ... stunts (uncredited)
Keith Morhart ... stunts (uncredited)
Doug O'Dell ... stunt double (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Ernie F. Orsatti ... stunts (uncredited)
Frank Orsatti ... stunts (uncredited)
Victor Paul ... stunts (uncredited)
Gil Perkins ... stunts (uncredited)
Preston Peterson ... stunts (uncredited)
Allen Pinson ... stunts (uncredited)
Bobby Porter ... stunt double: Eric Shea (uncredited)
Robert Prohaska ... stunts (uncredited)
George Robotham ... stunts (uncredited)
Wally Rose ... stunts (uncredited)
Russell Saunders ... stunts (uncredited)
George Sawaya ... stunts (uncredited)
Fred Scheiwiller ... stunts (uncredited)
David Sharpe ... stunts (uncredited)
Rodell Sharpe ... stunts (uncredited)
Marilyn Stader ... stunts (uncredited)
Paul Stader ... stunt double: Gene Hackman (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... stunts (uncredited)
Ron Stein ... stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Summers ... stunts (uncredited)
George P. Wilbur ... stunts (uncredited)
June lorna Wilson ... stunts (uncredited)
James Winburn ... stunts (uncredited)
Thomas Worrell ... stunts (uncredited)
Fred Zendar ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Thomas Morris ... camera operator (as Tommy Morris)
Lou Pazelli ... key grip
Clyde Taylor ... gaffer
Henry Gerzen ... key grip (uncredited)
Bob Henderson ... gaffer (uncredited)
Tom Kerschner ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
James Mitchell ... still photographer (uncredited)
Joe Valdez ... second assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Wally Harton ... costumes: men (uncredited)
Dick James ... costumes: men (uncredited)
Barbara Westerland ... costumes: women (uncredited)

Music Department

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Vinton Vernon ... scoring mixer
Israel Baker ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Dennis Budimir ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Alexander Courage ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Dominick Fera ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Ralph Grierson ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
The Hollywood Studio Symphony ... music performed by (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson ... musician: tuba soloist (uncredited)
Artie Kane ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Louis Kaufman ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Milton Kestenbaum ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Michael Lang ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Richard Nash ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Paul Shure ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Tommy Tedesco ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Milton Thomas ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Jack Wadsworth ... music editor (uncredited)
John Williams ... conductor (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited) / score producer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Teresa Brachetto ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Chris Haynes ... driver (uncredited)
Frank Khoury ... driver (uncredited)
Jim Martell ... transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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John Campbell ... unit publicist
Al Gail ... assistant to producer
Art Volpert ... production coordinator
Steven Marlo ... dialogue coach (uncredited)
Art Volpert ... production controller (uncredited)
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Special Effects

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A passenger ship, on her way to the scrap yard is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on the dismantling fees. A tidal wave hits her, flipping her over so that all the internal rooms are upside down. A priest takes a mixed band of survivors on a journey through the bowels of the ship in an attempt to survive. Written by John Vogel

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Taglines Hell, Upside Down See more »
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • L'aventure du Poséidon (France)
  • Die Höllenfahrt der Poseidon (Germany)
  • L'aventura del Posidó (Spain, Catalan title)
  • La aventura del Poseidón (Spain)
  • S.S. Poseidonin seikkailu (Finland)
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Runtime
  • 117 min
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Box Office

Budget $5,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $264,850, 17 Dec 1972
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $2,846,713

Did You Know?

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Trivia Even though her character is presented as an elderly, retired woman, Shelley Winters was only 51 years old when the film was made. Ernest Borgnine was actually three years older than Winters, despite the fact that his character treats hers like a old woman. See more »
Goofs Linda Rogo had to change into her husband's shirt because she didn't wear a bra and couldn't climb in her gown. However, when she is in the smokestack about to climb the ladder, a bra strap is visible. In the DVD commentary, Stella Stevens acknowledged that she saw this error in the rushes and pleaded to have it removed, but to no avail. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Return of the Movie Movie (1972). See more »
Soundtracks The Song from The Poseidon Adventure See more »
Crazy Credits The song "The Morning After" is credited on screen as "The Song From The Poseidon Adventure" See more »
Quotes Mrs. Linda Rogo: I saw a young officer on deck the other day, and he looked DAMN familiar... even with his clothes on.
Mike Rogo: So... he recognized ya, so?
Mrs. Linda Rogo: So doesn't that bother you?
Mike Rogo: If it bothered me, I wouldn'ta married ya.
Mrs. Linda Rogo: Well first you arrested me six times.
Mike Rogo: Well I had to figure out some way to keep you off the streets... until you'd marry me.
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