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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.
Last Episode Aired
1979-11-18
S1E3 — Episode 3
A sophisticated computer, timed explosives and an unexpected double-cross figure into the conclusion.
Billed Cast
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
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