Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Richard Harris | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon | |
Omar Sharif | ... | Captain Alex Brunel | |
David Hemmings | ... | Charlie Braddock | |
Anthony Hopkins | ... | Supt. John McCleod | |
Shirley Knight | ... | Barbara Bannister | |
Ian Holm | ... | Nicholas Porter | |
Clifton James | ... | Corrigan | |
Roy Kinnear | ... | Social Director Curtain | |
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Caroline Mortimer | ... | Susan McCleod |
Mark Burns | ... | Hollingsworth | |
John Stride | ... | Hughes | |
Freddie Jones | ... | Sidney Buckland | |
Julian Glover | ... | Commander Marder | |
Jack Watson | ... | Chief Engineer Mallicent | |
Roshan Seth | ... | Azad |
Some unknown maniac is threatening a navigation company to blow up one of its luxury transatlantics, the "Britannic", now in high sea with one thousand two hundred passengers. He is asking for a five hundred thousand pound sterling ransom, otherwise the seven bombs aboard will explode. An experienced anti-bomb squad is sent to the "Britannic", but although all the bombs are located, a very high skill level will be necessary to dismantle them. Perhaps that task is impossible. Written by Luis Carvacho <lcarvach@lascar.puc.cl>
This movie has long been one of my most viewed videos for the following reasons. It has the considerable talents of the late Mr Roy Kinnear absolutely larking about on the high seas as the entertainment officer, which as anybody knows who has been in the business, is performed with perfect abplom. He cannot be faulted in a role just made for his considerable skills. Tony Hopkins as always underplays his role just to the point where you would want to kick him in the pants and get a move on. But this is just another great performance in a super movie where dramatic build up is mounted on each act of terrorism to a state where you dont know what action is about to explode from the drums within. Freddie Jones as the Hijacker and Omar as the captain also excel. The great Richard Harris has his ears and hands absolutely full with the horrific possibilities of being blowing sky high by the explosives placed on the ship, watch it and see what I mean. Overall a great "Disaster" movie of the genre. Only criticism would be the lack of music score which I think would have added in places a nearly always dramatic effect, but still warrants an eight point five out of ten.