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Various stories of various people as an earthquake of un-imagineable magnitude hits Los Angeles.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Lew Slade
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Denise Marshall (as Genevieve Bujold)
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Miles Quade
Marjoe Gortner ...
Jody
Barry Sullivan ...
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Dr. James Vance
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Rosa Amici
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Drunk (as Walter Matuschanskayasky)
Monica Lewis ...
Barbara
Gabriel Dell ...
Sal Amici
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Chavez (as Pedro Armendariz Jr.)
Lloyd Gough ...
Bill Cameron
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Storyline

Construction Engineer Stuart Graff is estranged from his jealously possessive wife, Remy, and has an affair with Denise Marshall, the widow of a co-worker. Meanwhile, Remy tries to persuade her father, Sam Royce, who is Stuart's employer, to use his influence to stop Stuart from seeing Denise. Rogue policeman Lew Slade is suspended from the L.A.P.D. for having punched an obtuse officer from another jurisdiction. Embittered, Slade contemplates quitting the police force. Jody, a perverted grocery store manager, lusts after Rosa Amici, sister of Sal, the assistant to Miles Quade, an aspiring daredevil motor cyclist. The lives of all these people are devastated when a major earthquake rips through Los Angeles and reduces the city to ruins. Written by Kevin McCorry <mmccorry@nb.sympatico.ca>

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

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An Event... See more »

Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Certificate:

PG | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

15 November 1974 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Terremoto  »

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$79,700,000 (USA)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (TV) | (Ontario)

Sound Mix:

(35 mm magnetic prints)| (70 mm and 35 mm magnetic prints)| (35 mm optical prints)| (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

(Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

In a bizarre coincidence, the location on the first day of shooting was rocked by an earthquake. In an even more bizarre coincidence, an earthquake also struck the location where the last day of shooting occurred. See more »

Goofs

During the chase scene, the branch of a tree suddenly changes position before the county police's car passes the crossroads to join the other two. See more »

Quotes

Mayor Lewis: The governor and I aren't even in the same party. If this turns out to be a false alarm, he'll make me out to be the biggest fool west of the Mississippi.
Dr. Stockle: Second biggest. I'll top the list.
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Edited into Galactica 1980: Galactica Discovers Earth: Part 1 (1980) See more »

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User Reviews

 
Not really that bad
23 March 2001 | by (Hawaii) – See all my reviews

Earthquake almost realistically shows us the devastating effects of such "an event" on a large modern day city. Since movie studios didn't have the resources in 1974 to add expensive computerized effects, miniatures, camera trickery and a few large-scale destructions were used to simulate the quake. However even by today's standards, most (but not all) effects work pretty well. Many of the buildings we see crumbling to the ground are actual locals in Los Angeles and anyone who ever lived is this area (myself included) would still find watching this film chilling to say the least. The sets are very impressive - they made one helluva mess of Universal Studios making this film. The acting is so-so and the ending is disappointing and leaves us with a lot of unanswered questions: what ever happened to Miles and Rosa's brother anyway? And the scenes with Jody the weirdo are just plain uncomfortable. But as far as pure "end of the world" disaster entertainment goes, this film has it all.


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