
The Poseidon Adventure(1972)
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.


“When a cable car stalls at 8000 feet high in the mountains, there's only one way to get down.”
The passengers in an aerial tramway are trapped when the tramway breaks down 8,500 feet in the air.

Ross Martin
Martin Leonard

Stefanie Powers
Nancy Sorenson

Bobby Sherman
Barney Taylor

Tige Andrews
Sam Nichols

Nancy Malone
Ann Leonard

David Sheiner
Bill Carter

John Astin
Andrew Tustin

Joseph Campanella
Bob Parsons

Ruth McDevitt
Aunt Louise

Severn Darden
Steve Kramer
Skyway to Death is a adventure, thriller, tv movie film released in 1974 exploring themes of disaster movie, cable car, aerial tramway. Directed by Gordon Hessler, it stars Ross Martin, Stefanie Powers, Bobby Sherman. The passengers in an aerial tramway are trapped when the tramway breaks down 8,500 feet in the air.
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