Disaster on the Coastliner
5.8 /10 1 Votes
Genre Action
Drama Music director Gerald Fried Duration Country United States | 5.6/10 IMDb Director Richard C. Sarafian Cinematography Fred Koenekamp Writer David Ambrose Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 28, 1979 (1979-10-28) (US) Cast William Shatner (Stuart Peters), Lloyd Bridges (Al Mitchell), Pat Hingle (John Marsh), E.G. Marshall (Roy Snyder), Yvette Mimieux (Paula Harvey), Paul L. Smith (Jim Waterman/Victor Prescott)Similar movies San Andreas , Jurassic World , Blackhat , Spy , Salt , The Dark Knight Rises | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disaster on the Coastliner is 1979 American made-for-television action drama film about a disgruntled railroad employee who attempts to cause a collision between two passenger trains. It was directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starred Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr, Robert Fuller, Pat Hingle, E. G. Marshall, Yvette Mimieux, William Shatner, and Paul L. Smith. It originally aired on The ABC Sunday Night Movie on October 28, 1979.
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Cast
Production
The film was shot a railway line in Connecticut. At his own suggestion William Shatner did his own stunts, including standing atop an F40PH. Years later Shatner called the stunt "the most truly dangerous stunt I ever did" and couldn't imagine "what [he] was thinking" in suggesting it. Shatner compared it to the work he'd done in Kingdom of the Spiders, and wondered which was worse: "standing on top of a speeding locomotive without any kind of safety cable or gluing tarantulas to your face?" Jack Sessums worked on the miniature effects and had his work profiled in TV Guide.
Release
Disaster on the Coastliner premiered on The ABC Sunday Night Movie on October 28, 1979.
References
Disaster on the Coastliner WikipediaDisaster on the Coastliner IMDb Disaster on the Coastliner themoviedb.org