Earthquake

“When the big one finally hits L.A.”

6.1(352)19742h 3m

ActionDramaThriller

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.

Director

Mark Robson

Budget

$7.0M

Revenue

$79.7M

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Cast

Charlton Heston

Stewart Graff

Ava Gardner

Remy Royce-Graff

George Kennedy

Sgt. Lew Slade

Lorne Greene

Sam Royce

Geneviève Bujold

Denise Marshall

Richard Roundtree

Miles Quade

Marjoe Gortner

Jody

Barry Sullivan

Dr. Willis Stockle

Lloyd Nolan

Dr. James Vance

Victoria Principal

Rosa Amici

Walter Matthau

Drunk

Monica Lewis

Barbara

Reviews

2 reviews

JPV852

6y ago

6.0

Not a great disaster movie and a far far cry from The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno (a personal favorite of mine) but some decent special and miniature effects even when the performances were always the best. Still passable 1970s-era entertainment.

John Chard

6y ago

7.0

This used to be one hell of a town, officer. Earthquake is directed by Mark Robson and written by Mario Puzo and George Fox. It stars Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Ava Gardner, Geneviève Bujold, Lorne Greene, Richard Roundtree & Marjoe Gortner. A catastrophic earthquake hits Southern California and begins to level Los Angeles... "It's not a negative to have heart in the disaster genre ...