Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Robert Culp | ... | Steve Brannigan | |
Martin Milner | ... | Paul Burke | |
Barbara Hershey | ... | Mary Cutler | |
Richard Basehart | ... | John Cutler | |
Carol Lynley | ... | Abbie Adams | |
Roddy McDowall | ... | Mr. Franklin | |
Cameron Mitchell | ... | Sam Adams | |
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Eric Olson | ... | Andy Cutler |
Teresa Wright | ... | Alice Cutler | |
Francine York | ... | Daisy Kempel | |
Whit Bissell | ... | Dr. Ted Horne | |
Leif Garrett | ... | Johnny Lowman | |
Ann Doran | ... | Emma Fisher | |
Elizabeth Rogers | ... | Nancy Lowman | |
James Griffith | ... | Charlie Davis |
After several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is ready to burst. But the town's mayor refuses to open its gates - paving the way for disaster. Written by MK
Irwin Allen disaster movie about a flood.
Wonderful Richard LaSalle (Land Of The Giants) music scores the great location footage of the town and the endless helicopter footage. That is what Irwin Allen calls film showmanship. Irwin always gets the correct music for what is on the screen. Many producers do not.
In the first half of this movie Robert Culp (Outer Limits) and Martin Milner (Swiss Family Robinson) do wonders as they move around the town warning of disaster to come. Both actors perform very well. Richard Basehart is all wrong for this role of the man with something bad to hide, what was Irwin thinking by casting Basehart in this role? Poor old Whit Bissell is looking v-e-r-y old in 1976.
When the flood happens in the second half of the film, this is the problem area. We, the viewer, do not feel like we are watching a real flood. In 1977, Irwin Allen made another TV movie like this called "Fire", in that, the fire seemed real. In yet another 1979 Irwin TV movie "Cave-In", we had the Flood problem of a TV budget not being good enough for a disaster movie.
See Flood, just to get another taste of Irwin Allen showmanship, but don't expect too much.