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October 28, 1979. ( 1979-10-28) Disaster on the Coastliner is a 1979 American made-for-television action drama film. It was directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starred Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr, Robert Fuller, Pat Hingle, E. G. Marshall, Yvette Mimieux, William Shatner, and Paul L. Smith. It originally aired on The ABC Sunday Night Movie on ...
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May 7, 2019 · Those action scenes in the last reel help pump up Disaster on the Coastliner considerably. Before them, it was a well-directed, moderately suspenseful small-screen hijacking thriller, with an almost frothy Hitchcockian undertone. But once Shatner starts crawling around on top of that train, and the chopper pilots execute these hairy aerial gags ...
Oct 28, 1979 · Disaster on the Coastliner: Directed by Richard C. Sarafian. With Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr, Robert Fuller, Pat Hingle. A vengeful employee of a computer-controlled railway arranges a head-on collision of passenger trains. Can it be stopped?
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- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Richard C. Sarafian
- 1979-10-28
Disaster on the Coastliner premiered on The ABC Sunday Night Movie on October 28, 1979. Although no DVD or VHS has been released in America, the movie's current owner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, has made the movie available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Paramount plus in the United States.
Disaster on the Coastliner is a 1979 American made-for-TV action thriller film written by David Ambrose and directed by Richard C. Sarafian. It originally aired October 28, 1979 on ABC. The airlines are on strike, so the Vice President's wife is taking the southbound train from San Francisco.
Richard C. Sarafian. Director. David Ambrose. Writer. A deranged engineer, bent on revenge for the deaths of his wife and daughter, sets two passenger trains on a collision course, and con-man William Shatner puts his life on the line to ward off the crash.
Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A deranged engineer, bent on revenge for the death of his wife and daughter, sets two passenger trains on a collision course, and con-man Mike Connors puts his life on the line to ward off the crash. Cast & Crew. Read More. Richard C. Sarafian. Director. Lane Smith. Eric Poppick.
