Review of Earthquake (1974) by Allan C — 24 May 2015
Campy but quite entertaining disaster film co-written by Mario Puzo and directed by Mark Robson. As with most 70s disaster films, it's a star studded film with many stars of the past and present, including Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Barry Sullivan, Victoria Principal, Donald Moffat, Walter Matthau (billed as Walter Matuschanskayasky) is comic cameo part as a drunk.
As you might guess, an earthquake hits LA and the film follows a variety of characters ranging from a beat cop (Kennedy), a businessman (Heston) and his love triangle with is shrewish wife (Gardner) and actress girlfriend (Bujold), to my favorite character, an Evel Knievel-like Richard Roundtree who rides his motorcycle around for most all his part of the film.
Honestly, this is a terrible film, but I did find myself entertained by it and was also quite surprised by the ending.
This review of Earthquake (1974) was written by Allan C on 24 May 2015.
Earthquake has generally received mixed reviews.
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