Earthquakes Happen (19 May 1978)

Banner uses forged documents to take the place of safety inspector Robert Patterson in order to get access to Gamma ray inversion equipment at a power plant when an earthquake hits.

Director:

Harvey S. Laidman

Writers:

Kenneth Johnson (developer), Jim Tisdale,

Stars:

Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Bill Bixby	...	Dr. David Bruce Banner
Jack Colvin	...	Jack McGee
Lou Ferrigno	...	The Incredible Hulk
Sherry Jackson	...	Dr. Diane Joseph
Peter Brandon	...	Ted Hammond
Gary Wood	...	Turner
Kene Holliday	...	Paul
Lynne Topping	...	Nancy
Brett Hadley	...	Ron Harris
Roberta Sherwood	...	Mrs. Waverly
John Alvin	...	Dr. Patterson
Arthur Rosenberg	...	Larry Saenz
Diane Markoff	...	Janet
Laird Stuart	...	Reporter (as Robbyn Stuart)
Pamela Nelson	...	Marsha

Storyline

Banner uses forged documents to take the place of safety inspector Robert Patterson in order to get access to Gamma ray inversion equipment at a power plant when an earthquake hits.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 1978 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Lankershim Blvd & Huston St, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Uses stock footage from Earthquake.

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Quotes

Turner: Turner is my name. Man, I'll tell you, for a while down there it didn't look good. I never gave up hope, though.
Reporter: Never?
Turner: Mm-mm.

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Connections

Edited from The Incredible Hulk: The Incredible Hulk (1977)

User Reviews

Hulk-quake

David (Bixby) impersonates a physicist in order to get access to a nuclear testing facility in which he intends to use a gamma-ray gun in the hopes of reversing his troublesome side-effect. But before he can complete the process, the suspicious scientist (Jackson) and an untimely earthquake stymie his plan, pitting a small group of survivors against the clock as they struggle to find a way out of the nuclear-enhanced maelstrom.

Two reasons to tune in: a lengthy earthquake scene (punctuated briefly by some concerning stock footage that shows a vehicle tumbling off a collapsing highway - hopefully unoccupied), and perhaps more significantly, one of the last screen appearances (to date) of bombshell Sherry Jackson. Here, Sherry shapes up as David's lab boffin equalizer as the two trade techno-talk sizing the other up on their nuclear fission (or is it fusion) factoids - curiously, the usually well-equipped David is found wanting.

The escape from the wrecked facility is the perfect vehicle for big Lou to flex his pecs, though without the traditional antagonist to goad the green man from his mild-mannered alter-ego, the Hulk-outs are borne more from panic than anger. Nevermind, there's still Sherry Jackson.