The Poseidon Adventure exemplifies the disaster film done right, going down smoothly with ratcheting tension and a terrific ensemble to give the peril a distressingly human dimension.
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The Poseidon Adventure

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Movie Info
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Director -
Ronald Neame , Irwin Allen -
Producer -
Irwin Allen , Steve Broidy -
Screenwriter -
Paul Gallico , Wendell Mayes , Stirling Silliphant -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
Twentieth Century Fox -
Rating -
PG -
Genre -
Adventure , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 12, 1972, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Apr 3, 2016 -
Runtime -
1h 57m