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| Director: | Richard Lester | 
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| Writer: | Alan Plater, Richard Alan Simmons | 
| Staring: | 
| A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 25, 1974 | 
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| Director: | Richard Lester | 
| Writer: | Alan Plater, Richard Alan Simmons | 
| Genres: | Action, Thriller | 
| Keywords | bomb, sea, ransom, cruise ship, interrogation | 
| Production Companies | David V. Picker Productions, Two Roads Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $3,400,000 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Richard Harris | Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon | 
| Omar Sharif | Captain Alex Brunel | 
| David Hemmings | Charlie Braddock | 
| Anthony Hopkins | Supt. John McCleod | 
| Shirley Knight | Barbara Banister | 
| Ian Holm | Nicholas Porter | 
| Clifton James | Corrigan | 
| Roy Kinnear | Social Director Curtain | 
| Caroline Mortimer | Susan McCleod | 
| Mark Burns | Hollingworth | 
| John Stride | Hughes | 
| Freddie Jones | Sidney Buckland | 
| Julian Glover | Cmdr. Marder | 
| Jack Watson | Chief Engineer Malicent | 
| Roshan Seth | Azad | 
| Kenneth Colley | Detective Brown | 
| Andy Bradford | 3rd Officer Jim Hardy | 
| Paul Antrim | Digby | 
| Ben Aris | The Walker | 
| John Bindon | Driscoll | 
| Adam Bridge | David McLeod | 
| Rebecca Bridge | Nancy McLeod | 
| Tom Chadbon | Juggernaut's Contact | 
| Kenneth Cope | Bridgeman | 
| Michael Egan | Mr. Fowlers | 
| Freddie Fletcher | 2nd Radio Officer | 
| Terence Hillyer | Menzies | 
| Barnaby Holm | Christopher Porter | 
| Kristine Howarth | Mrs. Buckland | 
| Victor Lucas | Detective | 
| Paul Luty | Clerk | 
| Simon MacCorkindale | No. 1 Helmsman | 
| Michael Melia | Navigator | 
| Richard Moore | Junior Officer | 
| Rosamund Nelson | Clerk at the Air Terminal | 
| Doris Nolan | Mrs. Corrigan | 
| John Pennington | Passenger | 
| David Purcell | 1st Detective | 
| Martyn Read | Kelsey | 
| Liza Ross | Laura Kellogg | 
| Bob Sessions | Jerry Kellogg | 
| Howard Southern | Detective Skinner | 
| Ian Talbot | Naval Technician | 
| Colin Thatcher | Henning | 
| Gareth Thomas | Liverpool Joiner | 
| Cyril Cusack | Major O'Neill | 
| Michael Hordern | Mr. Baker | 
| Eric Mason | 2nd Detective | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Richard Lester | Director | 
| Alan Plater | Additional Dialogue, Writer | 
| Antony Gibbs | Editor | 
| Laurie Shane | Gaffer | 
| George Ball | Property Master | 
| Evangeline Harrison | Costume Design | 
| Freddie Cooper | Camera Operator | 
| Tom Buchanan | Boom Operator | 
| Mike Jones | Hairstylist | 
| Vincent Winter | Second Assistant Director | 
| Eddie Stacey | Stunts | 
| Peter Dukelow | Construction Manager | 
| Tony Rimmington | Draughtsman | 
| David Allen | Sound | 
| Terence Marsh | Production Design | 
| Andy Armstrong | Third Assistant Director | 
| John Smallcombe | Assistant Director Trainee | 
| Simon Kaye | Sound Recordist | 
| Peter Allwork | Aerial Camera | 
| Rebecca Breed | Wardrobe Master | 
| Robin Grantham | Assistant Makeup Artist | 
| Jack Cooper | Stunts | 
| Joe Fitt | Special Effects | 
| George Richardson | Assistant Art Director | 
| Ian Whittaker | Set Dresser | 
| Terry Busby | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Ronald Anscombe | Focus Puller | 
| Tiny Nicholls | Wardrobe Master | 
| Ken Thorne | Conductor, Original Music Composer | 
| Brian Ackland-Snow | Draughtsman | 
| Les Wiggins | ADR & Dubbing | 
| Wally Veevers | Modeling | 
| Malcolm MacIntosh | Clapper Loader | 
| Brian Mann | Assistant Editor | 
| Gerry Fisher | Director of Photography | 
| Richard Alan Simmons | Writer | 
| Wally Schneiderman | Makeup Artist | 
| John Richardson | Special Effects | 
| Keith Hamshere | Still Photographer | 
| Alan Tomkins | Art Direction | 
| Roy Stevens | Production Manager | 
| David Tringham | First Assistant Director | 
| Ernest Day | Camera Operator | 
| Gerry Humphreys | Sound Recordist | 
| Mike Rutter | Focus Puller | 
| Brian Smith | Best Boy Grip | 
| Barrie Melrose | Unit Manager | 
| Terry Hodgkinson | Second Second Assistant Director | 
| Gerry Crampton | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Cliff Richardson | Special Effects | 
| Paul Wilson | Still Photographer | 
| Shaun O'Dell | Clapper Loader | 
| David C. Anderson | Location Manager | 
| Mary Selway | Casting | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Richard Alan Simmons | Producer | 
| David V. Picker | Executive Producer | 
| Denis O'Dell | Associate Producer | 
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 
| 2024 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 
| 2024 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 
| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 
| 2024 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 8 | 
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 
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| 2025 | 3 | 537 | 626 | 
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| 2025 | 2 | 85 | 492 |