Directed by:
Richard LesterScreenplay:
Richard Alan SimmonsCinematography:
Gerry FisherComposer:
Ken ThorneCast:
Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Ian Holm, Clifton James, Mark Burns, John Stride, Freddie Jones, Julian Glover (more)Plots(1)
The cruise liner SS Britannic is travelling through the North Atlantic with over a thousand passengers on board. As the vessel drifts through the vast ocean, its owner - Nicholas Porter (Ian Holm) - receives a call from a man who identifies himself only as “Juggernaut”. The ominous voice on the telephone informs Porter that there are explosives planted aboard the Britannic, and that he will sink the ship at dawn unless a hefty ransom is paid. A race against time then begins as Captain Alex Brunel (Omar Sharif), Royal Navy officer Anthony Fallon (Richard Harris) and police superintendent John McLeod (Anthony Hopkins) work together across land and sea in a desperate attempt to avert certain disaster and secure the safety of the ship’s passengers. Inspired by a real-life bomb threat against the Queen Elizabeth 2 on 17 May 1972 and drawing on a popular taste in the 1970s for taut crime thrillers and disaster movies, Juggernaut is one of the most entertaining and suspenseful British films of the decade. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Richard Harris
Ireland
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David Hemmings
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Ian Holm
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Clifton James
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Mark Burns
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Kenneth Colley
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Cyril Cusack
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Simon MacCorkindale
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Eric Mason
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Doris Nolan
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Roy Kinnear
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Michael Hordern
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