The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 American disaster film directed by Ronald Neame, produced by Irwin Allen, and based on Paul Gallico's eponymous 1969 novel. It features an ensemble cast Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Albertson, Shelley Winters, and Red Buttons.

Plot
En route from New York City to Greece on New Year's Eve, majestic passenger ship the S.S. Poseidon is overtaken by a tidal wave. With the captain (Leslie Nielsen) dead, surviving passengers, including the passionate Rev. Scott (Gene Hackman), band together in the ship's ballroom. The group struggles to avert fires, flooding, structural instability and mechanical malfunctions as they make their way through a maze of ladders and tunnels in their desperate attempt to escape a watery grave.

Cast

 * Gene Hackman as the Reverend Frank Scott
 * Ernest Borgnine as Detective Lieutenant Mike Rogo
 * Red Buttons as James Martin
 * Carol Lynley as Nonnie Parry
 * Roddy McDowall as Acres
 * Stella Stevens as Linda Rogo
 * Shelley Winters as Belle Rosen
 * Jack Albertson as Manny Rosen
 * Pamela Sue Martin as Susan Shelby
 * Arthur O'Connell as Chaplain John
 * Eric Shea as Robin Shelby
 * Leslie Nielsen as Captain Harrison
 * Fred Sadoff as Linarcos
 * Byron Webster as Purser
 * Jan Arvan as Dr. Caravello
 * Sheila Mathews as Nurse
 * John Crawford as Chief Engineer
 * Bob Hastings as M.C.
 * Erik Nelson as Tinkham

Critical response
The Poseidon Adventure has received largely positive reviews, with review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reporting 79% of 24 critics gave the film a positive review, with an above average score of 7.1/10.

Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and called it "the kind of movie you know is going to be awful, and yet somehow you gotta see it, right?"