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ABC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE, THE: S.O.S. TITANIC (TV)
Summary
This drama tells the story of the "Titanic" disaster, based on factual and personal accounts. In this portion, the drama looks back as the luxury liner the Titanic sets out from England. The major characters are introduced: the Astors; Molly Brown; the second class passengers; and Laurence Beesley and Leigh Goodwin, two schoolteachers. A romance develops between Beesley and Goodwin, Astor worries about his divorce and new wife, and the "Titanic" hits an iceberg. (Presented under the umbrella of "The ABC Sunday Night Movie.") Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: September 23, 1979 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 2:53:31
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T80:0350
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Disasters; Titanic (steamship)
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1979
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Roger Gimbel … Executive Producer
- William S. Gilmore Jr. … Co-Executive Producer
- Lou Morheim … Producer
- Neville Thompson … Associate Producer
- Billy Hale … Director
- James Costigan … Writer
- Howard Blake … Music by
- Harry Andrews … Cast, Capt. Edward J. Smith
- David Battley … Cast, Chief Boots: S. Stebbing
- Ed Bishop … Cast, Henry Harris
- Tony Caunter … Cast, Chief Officer: Henry Wilde
- Nicholas Davies … Cast, Lift Attendant: Alfie King
- Matthew Guiness … Cast, Catholic Priest: Father Byles
- Jerry Houser … Cast, Daniel Marvin
- David Janssen … Cast, John Jacob Astor
- Victor Langley … Cast, Band Leader: Wallace Hartley
- Andre Maranne … Cast, Monsieur Navatril
- Gerald McSorley … Cast, Martin Gallagher
- John Moffatt … Cast, Benjamin Guggenheim
- Aubrey Morris … Cast, Steward: John Hart
- Martin Murphy … Cast, Bugle Boy: Peter Fletcher
- Nancy Nevinson … Cast, Ida Strauss
- Phillip O'Sullivan … Cast, David Charters
- Robert Pugh … Cast, James Farrell
- Maurice Roeves … Cast, Leading Stoker: Fred Barret
- Norman Rossington … Cast, Master-At-Arms: T. King
- Geoffrey Whitehead … Cast, Thomas Andrews
- Gordon Whiting … Cast, Isadore Strauss
- Paul Young … Cast, First Officer: Joseph Murdoch
- Peter Bourke … Cast, Assistant Wireless Operator: Harold Bride
- Sheila Brennan … Cast, Madame de Villiers
- Siobhan Briers … Cast, Katie Gilnagh
- Nick Brimble … Cast, Olaus Abelseth
- Jacob Brooke … Cast, 2nd Class Steward: John Hardy
- Catherine Byrne … Cast, Bridget Bradley
- Warren Clarke … Cast, 4th Officer: Joseph G. Boxhall
- Philip Davies … Cast, Crow's Nest Lookout: Frederick Fleet
- Deborah Pallender … Cast, Mary Marvin
- Lise Hilbolt … Cast, Rene Harris
- Ian Holm … Cast, J. Bruce Ismay
- Kate Howard … Cast, Countess of Rothes
- Karl Howman … Cast, 5th Officer: Harold Lowe
- Cloris Leachman … Cast, Molly Brown
- Tony Maiden … Cast, Assistant Boots: E.J. Guy
- Helen Mirren … Cast, Stewardess: May Sloan
- Michelle O'Connor … Cast, Kate Mullins
- Rynagh O'Grady … Cast, Mary Agatha Glynn
- Antoinette O'Reilly … Cast, Irish Beauty
- Kevin O'Shea … Cast, Crow's Nest Lookout: Reginald Lee
- Dorothea Phillips … Cast, Emma Bucknell
- Anna Quayle … Cast, Woman Turkish Bath Attendant: Maude Slocombe
- Beverly Ross … Cast, Madeline Astor
- Susan St. James … Cast, Leigh Goodwin
- Madge Ryan … Cast, Stewardess: Violet Jessop
- Ronan Smith … Cast, Daniel Buckley
- Malcolm Stoddard … Cast, 2nd Officer: Charles H. Lightoller
- David Warner … Cast, Laurence Beesley
- Phillip Stone … Cast, Capt. Arthur Rostron
- Christopher Strauli … Cast, Chief Wireless Operator: Harold Cottam