Who will survive-in one of the greatest escape adventures ever!

Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Shelley Winters, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea, Leslie Nielsen, Fred Sadoff

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - perfect

"We're cut off from the rest of the world. They can't get to us. Maybe we can get to them. You've said enough, now get out of the way." -  Rev. Frank Scott

Why watch this? This is the great disaster film by which all others should be compared.

Plot Summary: A cruise ship is hit by a huge rogue wave and capsizes, still afloat, yet upside down. A small group of cruise passengers, led by a determined, plain-spoken preacher, work their way through the badly damaged ship, en route to the inverted hull, where (thanks to a very informed ten-year-old boy) the hull is only one inch thick. The dead and burnt litter their path, and we sense that not everyone will survive their perilous journey.

Dad's Preview: This disaster classic feels completely real as we follows these ordinary folks in a dire, uncertain situation. The trick in these films is to interweave dangerous obstacles, without having it appear too contrived. This was producer, Irwin Allen's, superpower. It also helps that an incredible cast was assembled. I will single out Hackman as the tough, fiery preacher; Ernest Borgnine, as the grumpy, complaining NYC cop; and Shelly Winters, as a Jewish woman too heavy to even be on the journey, but she has her moment, and man, it's a great one. Folks, this is how great action films were done before CGI came along and all but ruined character development.

Irwin Allen, Kent Productions, Ltd.; 20th Century Fox