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Earthquake (1974)
5.6
Various stories of various people as an earthquake of un-imagineable magnitude hits Los Angeles. Director:Mark Robson |
123 min - 
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| Charlton Heston | ... | ||
| Ava Gardner | ... | ||
| George Kennedy | ... |
Lew Slade
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| Lorne Greene | ... | ||
| Geneviève Bujold | ... |
Denise Marshall
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| Richard Roundtree | ... |
Miles Quade
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Marjoe Gortner | ... |
Jody
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Barry Sullivan | ... | |
| Lloyd Nolan | ... |
Dr. James Vance
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| Victoria Principal | ... |
Rosa Amici
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| Walter Matthau | ... |
Drunk
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Monica Lewis | ... |
Barbara
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Gabriel Dell | ... |
Sal Amici
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Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ... |
Chavez
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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>
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When the big one finally hits L.A. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Terremoto See more »Filming Locations:
1329 Carroll Avenue, Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$7,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$79,700,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
| USA: (TV version) | Canada: (Ontario)Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) | Sensurround (70 mm and 35 mm magnetic prints) | Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1
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Trivia
The freeway bridge collapse shown in the movie actually occurred during the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. The bridge was rebuilt with seismic retrofits but collapsed again during the 1994 Northridge earthquake killing an LAPD motorcycle officer. The bridge was again rebuilt and has been renamed in memory of the officer. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: After the stairway has fallen away in the skyscraper sequence, an office worker manages to hold on to a girder before falling to his death. As he falls through a giant pane of glass, the airbag is clearly visible under it and actually shoots out of the top of the frame. See more »Quotes
Sam Royce: Barbara, take off your pantyhose, damnit! You too, c'mon, take off your pantyhose!See more »
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Featured in "Hollywood's Top Ten: It's the End of the World as We Know It (#1.93)" (2010) See more »
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