Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Poseidon Adventure, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) An Enormous Wall Of Water

New Year’s eve, Leslie Nielsen at the helm as the wave hits, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, young Eric Shea, Carol Lynley, hip priest Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Stella Stevens among the revelers, plus director Ronald Neame’s famous skylight shot, in writer-producer Irwin Allen’s disaster hit, The Poseidon Adventure, 1972.

Poseidon Adventure, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Six Hundred Pound Swordfish

Priest Gene Hackman leads survivors toward the hull of the flipped ocean liner, Roddy McDowall the injured waiter, Shelley Winters and Jack Albertson the retirees, Pamela Sue Martin a frightened teen, Carol Lynley the lounge singer, Ernest Borgnine the surly cop, Stella Stevens his increasingly disrobed wife, in The Poseidon Adventure, 1972.

Poseidon Adventure, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Get Off Your Knees!

Introducing cruisers, Ernest Borgnine is loud cop Rogo, Stella Stevens his seasick wife, bachelor Martin (Red Buttons) greeted by retirees Manny and Belle (Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson), top-billed Gene Hackman the collar-free priest, Arthur O’Connell his colleague, in The Poseidon Adventure. 1972.