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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.

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
The French Atlantic Affair is a crime, drama series that first aired in 1979 exploring themes of miniseries. Created by Ernest Lehman, it stars Telly Savalas, Chad Everett, Jean-Pierre Aumont. 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.
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