When the SS Festivale sets sail from New York to France, its 3,000 passengers include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harold Columbine and 146 members of the Church of the Cosmic Path, led by Father Craig Dunleavy, their charismatic messiah. Seizing control of the ship, Dunleavy demands $70 million in gold, intending to kill everyone onboard once it's paid. Without knowing which passengers are cultists and warned that 12 will die for every hijacker harmed, Columbine and the captain search for a way to save 3,000 lives before Dunleavy makes good on his threat. Based on a novel by screenwriter Ernest Lehman, this mini-series was broadcast over three nights in November 1979.
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Telly Savalas
Fr. Craig Dunleavy
Chad Everett
Harold Columbine
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Insp. Jean-Claude Raffin
Horst Buchholz
Dr. Chabot
James Coco
Georges Sauvinage
José Ferrer
Pres. Aristide Brouchard
John Houseman
Dr. Archady Clemens
Carolyn Jones
Peg
Richard Jordan
Julian Wunderlicht
Louis Jourdan
Capt. Charles Girodt
Michelle Phillips
Jennie Barber
Marie-France Pisier
Lisa
Donald Pleasence
Max Dechambre
John Rubinstein
Herb Kleinfeld
Stella Stevens
Louise Crawford
Douglas Heyes
Director, Writer
Ernest Lehman
Novel
Aaron Spelling
Executive Producer
Douglas S. Cramer
Executive Producer
Robert Mintz
Producer
Jean Badal
Director of Photography
Ralph Woolsey
Director of Photography
John Addison
Original Music Composer
Jamie Caylor
Editor
Tom Stevens
Editor
Nolan Miller
Costume Design
Serge Krizman
Production Design
