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Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Carol Lynley, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, and Eric Shea in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

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The Poseidon Adventure

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Director

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  • Ronald Neame
    Ronald Neame

Writers

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  • Stirling Silliphant
    Stirling Silliphant
    screenplay &
  • Wendell Mayes
    Wendell Mayes
    screenplay &
  • Paul Gallico
    Paul Gallico
    novel

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Gene Hackman at an event for The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003)
    Gene Hackman
    Gene Hackman
    Reverend Scott
  • Ernest Borgnine at an event for American Veteran Awards (2001)
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    Rogo
  • Red Buttons
    Red Buttons
    Red Buttons
    Martin
  • Carol Lynley
    Carol Lynley
    Carol Lynley
    Nonnie
  • Roddy McDowall in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
    Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    Acres
  • Stella Stevens in How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968)
    Stella Stevens
    Stella Stevens
    Linda Rogo
  • Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters
    Belle Rosen
  • Jack Albertson in Chico and the Man (1974)
    Jack Albertson
    Jack Albertson
    Manny Rosen
  • Pamela Sue Martin
    Pamela Sue Martin
    Pamela Sue Martin
    Susan
  • Arthur O'Connell
    Arthur O'Connell
    Arthur O'Connell
    Chaplain
  • Eric Shea in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
    Eric Shea
    Eric Shea
    Robin
  • Fred Sadoff in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
    Fred Sadoff
    Fred Sadoff
    Linarcos
  • Sheila Allen at an event for Poseidon (2006)
    Sheila Allen
    Sheila Allen
    Nurse
    (as Sheila Mathews)
  • Jan Arvan and Pamela Britton in My Favorite Martian (1963)
    Jan Arvan
    Jan Arvan
    Doctor
  • Gino Ardito and Byron Webster in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
    Byron Webster
    Byron Webster
    Purser
  • John Crawford
    John Crawford
    John Crawford
    Chief Engineer
  • Bob Hastings
    Bob Hastings
    Bob Hastings
    M. C.
  • Erik L. Nelson
    Erik L. Nelson
    Erik L. Nelson
    Mr. Tinkham
    (as Erik Nelson)
  • Leslie Nielsen
    Leslie Nielsen
    Leslie Nielsen
    The Captain
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Phil Adams in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    Phil Adams
    Phil Adams
    Cable Steward
    (uncredited)
  • Larry Arnold
    Larry Arnold
    Waiter
    (uncredited)
  • Craig Barley
    Craig Barley
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Todd Bartlett
    Todd Bartlett
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Charles Bateman
    Charles Bateman
    Charles Bateman
    First Officer Larsen
    (uncredited)
  • Doug Bell
    Doug Bell
    Ship's Officer on Dance Floor
    (uncredited)
  • Holger Bendixen
    Holger Bendixen
    Steward
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Berle
    Jack Berle
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Herb Boomhower
    Herb Boomhower
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Jerry Brutsche
    Jerry Brutsche
    Jerry Brutsche
    Passenger in Ballroom as Ship Overturns
    (uncredited)
  • Robert Buckingham
    Robert Buckingham
    Robert Buckingham
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Eldon Burke
    Eldon Burke
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Dusty Cadis
    Dusty Cadis
    Passenger at Sermon
    (uncredited)
  • Bill Catching in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
    Bill Catching
    Bill Catching
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Lisa Christy
    Lisa Christy
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Craig Chudy
    Craig Chudy
    Helmsman
    (uncredited)
  • Marcello Clay
    Marcello Clay
    Passenger in Ballroom as Ship Overturns
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Kay Place, Jack Clinton, and Reva Rose in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976)
    Jack Clinton
    Jack Clinton
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Tony M. Conde
    Tony M. Conde
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Ronn Cragg
    Ronn Cragg
    Radarman
    (uncredited)
  • Jimmy Cross, Tim Herbert, and Vito Scotti in The Addams Family (1964)
    Jimmy Cross
    Jimmy Cross
    Dining Room Steward
    (uncredited)
  • Pepper Curtis
    Pepper Curtis
    Woman in Blue Dress During Capsizing
    (uncredited)
  • Fred Dale
    Fred Dale
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Paula Dell
    Paula Dell
    Paula Dell
    Sliding Female Passenger in Red Dress
    (uncredited)
  • Ray Didsbury
    Ray Didsbury
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Connie Ducharme
    Connie Ducharme
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Ken DuMain
    Ken DuMain
    Ship's Officer in Booth
    (uncredited)
  • Pete Dunn
    Pete Dunn
    Pete Dunn
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Dick Durock in Swamp Thing (1982)
    Dick Durock
    Dick Durock
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Dotty Ertel
    Dotty Ertel
    Blonde Female Passenger at Sermon
    (uncredited)
  • Len Felber
    Len Felber
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Lila Finn
    Lila Finn
    Woman Crushed by Piano
    (uncredited)
  • Ruth Foster
    Ruth Foster
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Bill French
    Bill French
    Dead Kitchen Worker
    (uncredited)
  • Jim Galante
    Jim Galante
    Assistant Engineer
    (uncredited)
  • Donna Garrett in Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2000)
    Donna Garrett
    Donna Garrett
    Passenger in Ballroom as Ship Overturns
    (uncredited)
  • Laura Gile
    Laura Gile
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Bob Golden
    Bob Golden
    Wiper
    (uncredited)
  • Valerie Hall
    Valerie Hall
    Valerie Hall
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Bob Harks
    Bob Harks
    Bob Harks
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Orwin C. Harvey
    Orwin C. Harvey
    Falling Man
    (uncredited)
  • Francine Henderson
    Francine Henderson
    Woman at Sermon
    /Female Passenger with Broken Neck
    (uncredited)
  • George Holmes
    George Holmes
    George Holmes
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Larry Holt, Stuntmen's Association, Stuntman
    Larry Holt
    Larry Holt
    Falling Man
    (uncredited)
  • Shep Houghton
    Shep Houghton
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Chris Howell
    Chris Howell
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Kathryn Janssen
    Kathryn Janssen
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Lorraine Keeling
    Lorraine Keeling
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Krupnick
    Jack Krupnick
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Bob Liddle
    Bob Liddle
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Marco Lopez
    Marco Lopez
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Maurice Marsac
    Maurice Marsac
    Maurice Marsac
    French Naval Officer
    (uncredited)
  • John Hugh McKnight
    John Hugh McKnight
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Monty O'Grady
    Monty O'Grady
    Monty O'Grady
    Passenger at Sermon
    (uncredited)
  • Michael Omartian
    Michael Omartian
    Michael Omartian
    Keyboard Player in Band
    (uncredited)
  • Fred Astaire and Ernie F. Orsatti in The Towering Inferno (1974)
    Ernie F. Orsatti
    Ernie F. Orsatti
    Terry
    (uncredited)
  • Victor Paul
    Victor Paul
    Kyrenos
    (uncredited)
  • Stuart Perry
    Stuart Perry
    Teddy Parry
    (uncredited)
  • Allen Pinson
    Allen Pinson
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Bobby Porter in Quark (1977)
    Bobby Porter
    Bobby Porter
    Dark-Haired Boy at Reverend Scott's Sermon
    (uncredited)
  • Davy Jones and Tony Regan in The Monkees (1965)
    Tony Regan
    Tony Regan
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Frieda Rentie
    Frieda Rentie
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Leoda Richards
    Leoda Richards
    Leoda Richards
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Lance Rimmer
    Lance Rimmer
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Elizabeth Rogers
    Elizabeth Rogers
    Elizabeth Rogers
    Woman Next to Mr. Tinkham
    (uncredited)
  • George Sawaya
    George Sawaya
    Bos'n Mate
    (uncredited)
  • David Sharpe
    David Sharpe
    David Sharpe
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • George Simmons
    George Simmons
    Waiter
    (uncredited)
  • Tucker Smith
    Tucker Smith
    Tucker Smith
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Marilyn Stader
    Marilyn Stader
    Falling Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Paul Stader
    Paul Stader
    Martin
    (uncredited)
  • Tom Steele
    Tom Steele
    Tom Steele
    Passenger Who Helps Catch Susan
    (uncredited)
  • Ron Stein in The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
    Ron Stein
    Ron Stein
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Norman Stevans
    Norman Stevans
    Norman Stevans
    Man in Group Following Doctor
    (uncredited)
  • Jerry Summers
    Jerry Summers
    Jerry Summers
    Falling Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Sheila Surkes Scotti
    Sheila Surkes Scotti
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Mark Tulin
    Mark Tulin
    Bass Guitarist as Ship Sinks
    (uncredited)
  • Waddy Wachtel
    Waddy Wachtel
    Waddy Wachtel
    Crump - Guitarist #1
    (uncredited)
  • Tim Wallace
    Tim Wallace
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Rick Warick
    Rick Warick
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Lori Williams
    Lori Williams
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Roseann Williams
    Roseann Williams
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Judith Woodbury
    Judith Woodbury
    Passenger
    (uncredited)
  • Gary Wright
    Gary Wright
    Day Helmsman
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Irwin Allen
    Irwin Allen
    producer
  • Steve Broidy
    Steve Broidy
    executive producer (uncredited)
  • Sherrill C. Corwin
    Sherrill C. Corwin
    executive producer (uncredited)
  • Sidney Marshall
    Sidney Marshall
    associate producer

Composer

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  • John Williams
    John Williams

Cinematographer

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  • Harold E. Stine
    Harold E. Stine
    director of photography

Editor

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  • Harold F. Kress
    Harold F. Kress

Casting Director

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  • Jack Baur
    Jack Baur

Production Designer

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  • William J. Creber
    William J. Creber
    production designer (as William Creber)

Set Decorator

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  • Raphael Bretton
    Raphael Bretton

Costume Designer

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  • Paul Zastupnevich
    Paul Zastupnevich

Makeup Department

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  • Del Acevedo
    Del Acevedo
    makeup artist
  • Edwin Butterworth
    Edwin Butterworth
    makeup artist (as Ed Butterworth)
  • Carol Pershing
    Carol Pershing
    hair stylist
  • Sheral Ross
    Sheral Ross
    hair stylist
  • Allan Snyder
    Allan Snyder
    makeup artist
  • Ann Wadlington
    Ann Wadlington
    hair stylist
  • Daniel C. Striepeke
    Daniel C. Striepeke
    makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Manager

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  • Hal Herman
    Hal Herman
    unit production manager

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • Norman A. Cook
    Norman A. Cook
    assistant director (as Norman Cook)
  • Les Warner
    Les Warner
    second assistant director
  • Donald White
    Donald White
    second assistant director (as Don White)
  • Irwin Allen
    Irwin Allen
    second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

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  • Tom Cranham
    Tom Cranham
    production illustrator
  • Dan Goozee
    Dan Goozee
    production illustrator
  • Bob McLaughlin
    Bob McLaughlin
    property master
  • Ward Preston
    Ward Preston
    assistant art director
  • Duane Alt
    Duane Alt
    illustrator (uncredited)
  • Jerry Kobold
    Jerry Kobold
    assistant prop man (uncredited)
  • Mort Künstler
    Mort Künstler
    poster artist (uncredited)
  • Charles Stevens
    Charles Stevens
    construction coordinator (uncredited)
  • Richard A. Villalobos
    Richard A. Villalobos
    leadman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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  • John A. Bonner
    John A. Bonner
    sound supervisor (as John Bonner)
  • Herman Lewis
    Herman Lewis
    production mixer
  • Theodore Soderberg
    Theodore Soderberg
    re-recording mixer
  • Orrick Barrett
    Orrick Barrett
    boom man (uncredited)
  • Raul A. Bruce
    Raul A. Bruce
    boom operator (uncredited)
  • Don Hall
    Don Hall
    supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects

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  • A.D. Flowers
    A.D. Flowers
    mechanical effects (as A. D. Flowers)
  • Johnny Borgese
    Johnny Borgese
    special effects (uncredited)
  • Gerald Endler
    Gerald Endler
    mechanical effects (uncredited)
  • Hal Millar
    Hal Millar
    special effects (uncredited)
  • Paul Wurtzel
    Paul Wurtzel
    special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects

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  • L.B. Abbott
    L.B. Abbott
    special photographic effects (as L. B. Abbott)
  • Matthew Yuricich
    Matthew Yuricich
    matte painter (uncredited)

Stunts

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  • Paul Stader
    Paul Stader
    stunt coordinator / stunt double: Gene Hackman (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
  • Phil Adams
    Phil Adams
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Craig R. Baxley
    Craig R. Baxley
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Marilyn Bower
    Marilyn Bower
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Janet Brady
    Janet Brady
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Jerry Brutsche
    Jerry Brutsche
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Eldon Burke
    Eldon Burke
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Bill Catching
    Bill Catching
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Craig Chudy
    Craig Chudy
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Howard Curtis
    Howard Curtis
    stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Thomas Morris
    Thomas Morris
    camera operator (as Tommy Morris)
  • Lou Pazelli
    Lou Pazelli
    key grip
  • Clyde Taylor
    Clyde Taylor
    gaffer
  • Henry Gerzen
    Henry Gerzen
    key grip (uncredited)
  • Bob Henderson
    Bob Henderson
    gaffer (uncredited)
  • Tom Kerschner
    Tom Kerschner
    first assistant camera (uncredited)
  • James Mitchell
    James Mitchell
    still photographer (uncredited)
  • Joe Valdez
    Joe Valdez
    second assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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  • Wally Harton
    Wally Harton
    costumes: men (uncredited)
  • Dick James
    Dick James
    costumes: men (uncredited)
  • Barbara Westerland
    Barbara Westerland
    costumes: women (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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  • William DeNicholas
    William DeNicholas
    assistant editor

Music Department

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  • Alexander Courage
    Alexander Courage
    orchestrator
  • Vinton Vernon
    Vinton Vernon
    scoring mixer
  • Israel Baker
    Israel Baker
    musician: violin (uncredited)
  • Dennis Budimir
    Dennis Budimir
    musician: guitar (uncredited)
  • John Clyman
    John Clyman
    musician: trumpet (uncredited)
  • Don Cristlieb
    Don Cristlieb
    musician: bassoon (uncredited)
  • Vince De Rosa
    Vince De Rosa
    musician: french horn (uncredited)
  • James Decker
    James Decker
    musician: french horn (uncredited)
  • Harold Dicterow
    Harold Dicterow
    musician: violin (uncredited)
  • Bob DiVall
    Bob DiVall
    musician: trumpet (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Teresa Brachetto
    Teresa Brachetto
    script supervisor

Transportation Department

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  • Chris Haynes
    Chris Haynes
    driver (uncredited)
  • Frank Khoury
    Frank Khoury
    driver (uncredited)
  • Jim Martell
    Jim Martell
    transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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  • John Campbell
    John Campbell
    unit publicist
  • Al Gail
    Al Gail
    assistant to producer
  • Art Volpert
    Art Volpert
    production coordinator / production controller (uncredited)
  • Steven Marlo
    Steven Marlo
    dialogue coach (uncredited)
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