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Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Language
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue $79,666,653
English
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue $79,666,653
Keywords
fire
supermarket
skyscraper
architect
natural disaster
earthquake
flooding
parking garage
national guard
child in peril
billiard hall
disaster
los angeles, california
explosion
motorcycle
destruction
alcoholic
policeman
daredevil
disaster movie
sensurround
dam collapse
Casts

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

Gabriel Dell
Sal

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Chavez

Lloyd Gough
Bill Cameron

John Randolph
Los Angeles Mayor

Kip Niven
Walter Russell

Scott Hylands
Asst. Caretaker
Tiger Williams
Corry

Donald Moffat
Dr. Harvey Johnson

Jesse Vint
Buck

Alan Vint
Ralph
Lionel Johnston
Hank

John Elerick
Carl Leeds

John S. Ragin
Chief Inspector

George Murdock
Colonel
Don Mantooth
Sid
Michael Richardson
Sandy
Alex Brown
Pool Player
Bob Cunningham
Dr. Frank Ames

John Dennis
Brawny Foreman

Gene Dynarski
Dam Caretaker
Bob Gravage
Farmer Mr. Griggs

H.B. Haggerty
Pool Player

Tim Herbert
Las Vegas Man
Dave Morick
Technician
Ines Pedroza
Laura

Josh Albee
Boy with Radio (uncredited)
Don Ames
Citizen (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
Citizen (uncredited)
Buzz Barbee
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Joan Blair
Pawnbroker's Wife (TV version) (uncredited)
Hal Bokar
Dam Workman (uncredited)

Reb Brown
Young Man on Motorcycle (uncredited)
Vivian Brown
Woman (uncredited)
Ian Bruce
Officer Scott (Wilson Plaza) (uncredited)

Polly Burson
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
William H. Burton Jr.
Stranger (uncredited)

Ric Carrott
National Guardsman (uncredited)

David S. Cass Sr.
Sherriff Merle (uncredited)

Lonny Chapman
LAPD Captain (uncredited)

Sam Chew Jr.
Tony (Kathie's Husband) (uncredited)
Shannon Christie
Dr. Vance's Nurse (uncredited)

Erik Cord
Office Worker (uncredited)
Caitanya Dasi
Hare Krishna (uncredited)
Cinmayi Devi
Hare Krishna (uncredited)
Ken DuMain
Earthquake Survivor in Wilson Plaza (uncredited)
Brent Dunsford
Man Drinking from Plastic Cup in Wilson Plaza (uncredited)
Patty Elder
Blonde Secretary in Royce Building (uncredited)

Kenny Endoso
Bar Cook (uncredited)

Jeannie Epper
Blonde Woman (uncredited)
Dotty Ertel
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
Bobby Ferro
Sports Car Thief (uncredited)

Bruce M. Fischer
Man (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich
Doctor (uncredited)
James W. Gavin
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Ernest Harada
Seismologist (uncredited)

Jerry Hardin
Man (uncredited)

Bob Harks
Man Fleeing Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Orwin C. Harvey
Man on the Balcony of a Falling House (uncredited)
Lars Hensen
Citizen (uncredited)

Diana Herbert
Woman (uncredited)

Bert Kramer
Policeman (uncredited)

Paul LeClair
National Guardsman (uncredited)

Karl Lukas
Man (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
Citizen (uncredited)
Stevie Myers
Earthquake Victim (uncredited)

Jimmy Nickerson
Seismology Graduate Student (uncredited)

Stuart Nisbet
Man on Loudspeaker (voice) (uncredited)

Frances Osborne
Housewife (uncredited)
Grant Owens
Police Officer (uncredited)

Charlie Picerni
Pool Player (uncredited)
Tony Regan
Man Fleeing Movie Theatre (uncredited)

Leoda Richards
Emergency Soup Kitchen Worker in Wilson Plaza (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Man in Outer Office (uncredited)
George Sawaya
Deputy Sherriff (uncredited)
Mark Sawtelle
Boy (uncredited)
Fred Scheiwiller
Jay the Bartender (uncredited)

Debralee Scott
Kathie (TV version) (uncredited)

Dean Smith
Pool Player (uncredited)

Eddie Smith
Citizen (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Radio Station Technician (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey
Citizen (uncredited)
John Tuell
Prop Tractor Driver (uncredited)
Dick Tufeld
Opening Narrator (uncredited)
Kitty Vallacher
Grocery Store Clerk (uncredited)

Keith Walker
Man on the Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Sandy Ward
Studio Guard (uncredited)
Rick Warick
Office Worker (uncredited)

Dick Warlock
Diver at Hollywood Reservoir (uncredited)
William Whitaker
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Don Wilbanks
Dam Workman with Blowtorch (uncredited)
Forrest Wood
Man (uncredited)
Clint Young
Dam Workman (uncredited)
Crews

Mark Robson
Director
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography

Mark Robson
Producer

John Williams
Original Music Composer
Alexander Golitzen
Production Design
E. Preston Ames
Art Direction
Jennings Lang
Executive Producer

Mario Puzo
Writer
George Fox
Writer

Terry Leonard
Stunts

Jeannie Epper
Stunts
Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
Bernard Donnenfeld
Producer
William Batliner
Casting
Robert J. LaSanka
Casting
Joe Canutt
Stunt Double

Polly Burson
Stunts

John Daheim
Stunt Coordinator

Bob Bralver
Stunts

Roydon Clark
Stunts
Ralph Garrett
Stunts
Barbara Perlman
Stunts
Buff Brady
Stunts

Erik Cord
Stunts
Larry Duran
Stunts

David S. Cass Sr.
Stunts
Paula Crist
Stunts
Dick Dial
Stunts
Eddie Mulder
Stunts
Paul Nuckles
Stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.
Stunts
Ernest Robinson
Stunts

Troy Melton
Stunts
Regina Parton
Stunts
Murray Schwartz
Second Assistant Director
Fred R. Simpson
First Assistant Director
Ronald Pierce
Sound
Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr.
Sound
Mark Reedall
Makeup Artist
May Boss
Stunts
Fred Brookfield
Stunts
Burton Miller
Costume Design
Alex Brown
Stunts
Bill Catching
Stunts
Rip Clark
Stunts
Dottie Catching
Stunts

Kenny Endoso
Stunts
Orwin C. Harvey
Stunts
Connie Nichols
Hairstylist
Wallace Worsley Jr.
Unit Production Manager
Jerry Brutsche
Stunts
Frank Brendel
Special Effects

Tony Brubaker
Stunts
Mickey Caruso
Stunts
Howard Curtis
Stunts
Paula Dell
Stunts
Eddie Juaregui
Stunts

Julius LeFlore
Stunts
William T. Lane
Stunts

Evelyn Smith
Stunts
Maurice Marks
Stunts
Patty Elder
Stunts

Gene LeBell
Stunts

Harvey Parry
Stunts
Cyndi Swan
Stunts
Jesse Wayne
Stunts
Richard Washington
Stunts
Don Pike
Stunts

Charlie Picerni
Stunts
Russell Saunders
Stunts
Ronald Ross
Stunts
George Sawaya
Stunts

Bud Ekins
Stunts
Gary Epper
Stunts
Stephanie Epper
Stunts

Loren Janes
Stunts
Regis Parton
Stunts
Bobby Porter
Stunt Double

Dick Warlock
Stunts
Wilbur Kinnett
Gaffer
James W. Gavin
Stunts
Evelyne Cuffee
Stunts

James Winburn
Stunts

Felix Silla
Stunts
Marilyn Stader
Stunts
Marvin Walters
Stunts
Carol Daniels
Stunts
Andy Epper
Stunts
Tommy J. Huff
Stunts

Julie Ann Johnson
Stunts

Kim Kahana
Stunts
Harry Monty
Stunts

Jack Verbois
Stunts

Eddie Smith
Stunts
Jadie David
Stunts
Mickey Gilbert
Stunts

Henry Kingi
Stunts
Denver Mattson
Stunts

Tom Steele
Stunts
Bud Walls
Stunts
Victoria Gail Weisbart
Script Supervisor

John Daheim
Stunts
Bennie E. Dobbins
Stunts

Bob Herron
Stunts
Larry Holt
Stunts

Jimmy Nickerson
Stunts
Lila Finn
Stunts
Robert C. Ferro Jr.
Stunts

Donna Garrett
Stunts

Freddie Hice
Stunts
Kevin N. Johnston
Stunts
Peaches Jones
Stunts
Audrey Saunders
Stunts
Rock A. Walker
Stunts

Bob Yerkes
Stunts
Dick Crockett
Stunts

Fred Lerner
Stunts

Bob Minor
Stunts
Byron Quisenberry
Stunts
Bob Terhune
Stunts

Dean Smith
Stunts
Fred Scheiwiller
Stunts

Nick Dimitri
Stunts

Eddie Hice
Stunts
Stevie Myers
Stunts

Craig R. Baxley
Stunts
Gary Downey
Stunts
Ed Shanley
Construction Coordinator
Roswell A. Hoffmann
Visual Effects
Leo Pepin
Assistant Production Manager
Backdrops & Posters













