Earthquake

Earthquake is a 1974 American ensemble disaster film directed and produced by Mark Robson, starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Victoria Principal, and (under an alias) Walter Matthau.

Plot
When a major earthquake hits Los Angeles, the various residents of the city cope with the chaos and destruction. Successful architect Stewart Graff (Charlton Heston) argues with his demanding wife, Remy Royce-Graff (Ava Gardner), as the disaster hits. Later, when he checks in on his flirtatious friend Denise Marshall (Geneviève Bujold), they begin an affair. As the personal dramas continue, the city is threatened by aftershocks and possibly even greater quakes.

Cast

 * Charlton Heston as Stewart Graff
 * Ava Gardner as Remy Royce-Graff
 * George Kennedy as Lou Slade
 * Lorne Greene as Sam Royce
 * Geneviève Bujold as Denise Marshall
 * Richard Roundtreeas Miles Quade
 * Marjoe Gortner as Jody Joad
 * Barry Sullivan as Dr. Willis Stockle
 * Lloyd Nolan as Dr. James Vance
 * Victoria Principal as Rosa Amici
 * Walter Matthau as Drunk (credited as "Walter Matuschanskayasky")
 * Monica Lewis as Barbara
 * Gabriel Dell as Sal Amici
 * Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. as Emilio Chavez
 * Lloyd Gough as Bill Cameron
 * John Randolph as Mayor Lewis
 * Kip Niven as Walter Russell
 * Scott Hylands as Max
 * Tiger Williams as Corry Marshall
 * Donald Moffat as Dr. Harvey Johnson
 * Jesse Vint as Buck
 * Alan Vint as Ralph

Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes collected reviews from 23 critics, some contemporary with the film and some from subsequent years, to give the film a score of 35% with an average of 4.7 out of 10. Leonard Maltin gave the film a "BOMB" rating, stating "[the] title tells the story in hackneyed disaster epic ... Marjoe as a sex deviate and Gardner as Lorne Greene's daughter tie for film's top casting honors." Gardner was only 8 years younger than Lorne Greene.