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Rating: 6.1/10 by 317 users

Earthquake (1974)

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

Directing:
  • Mark Robson
  • Murray Schwartz
  • Fred R. Simpson
  • Victoria Gail Weisbart
Writing:
  • Mario Puzo
  • George Fox
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Nov 15, 1974

Rating: 6.1/10 by 317 users

Alternative Title:
Terremoto - ES
地震 - CN

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 03 minutes
Budget: $7,000,000
Revenue: $79,666,653

Plot Keyword: 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
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Charlton Heston
Stewart Graff
Ava Gardner
Remy Royce-Graff
George Kennedy
Sgt. Lew Slade
Geneviève Bujold
Denise Marshall
Barry Sullivan
Dr. Willis Stockle
Lloyd Nolan
Dr. James Vance
Lloyd Gough
Bill Cameron
John Randolph
Los Angeles Mayor
Kip Niven
Walter Russell
Scott Hylands
Asst. Caretaker
Donald Moffat
Dr. Harvey Johnson
John Elerick
Carl Leeds
John S. Ragin
Chief Inspector
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
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)

JPV852

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

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 of film" Take yourself to 1974, are you there? Good, now maybe you can appreciate this film a little more? Maybe? Earthquake does suffer from old age, it's a statement we see and hear a lot, but it's a fact that some film's stand the test of time whilst others do not. In this desensitised computer age, it is easy to forget that not all the tools available in film making today were available back when film's like this were being made. So as is my want, I firmly judge this as a 1974 offering, to which it delivers enough entertainment to fully satisfy my genre leanings and entertainment persuasions. The main complaint of many is the long build up of the characters, cries of boring can be read across internet forums and critics blogs. I just don't see it that way, yes we want the quake and the mayhem destruction that will follow it, because really this is a disaster film after all, but is it so bad that the film has heart to go with the crash bang wallop? After the build up of characters, where relationships and character traits are formed, the disaster strikes and it doesn't disappoint, utter destruction as effects and noise fill the eyes and ears, where those with a good home cinema system finding it literally does rock the house. We are then treated to a series of sequences that hold and engage our attention, upsetting passages of human sadness, punctured by heroic surges as Heston and the fabulous Kennedy set about saving life, hell! saving the town even. Then it's the film's fitting finale, where there are no cop outs, the makers choosing to go out with a darker edge than the detractors give it credit for. Some can scoff at a blood splat effect, or rant about some of the acting on show, but Earthquake achieves two important things. One is that it entertains as a visual experience (quality model work), the other is that it doesn't soft soap the devastating effects of an earthquake. As the camera pulls away from a ravaged L.A. the impact is sombre, where reflection is needed and most assuredly surely gotten. 7/10


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