The Poseidon Adventure：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Ronald Neame

Writing Credits

Paul Gallico
(novel): Stirling Silliphant
(screenplay) and: Wendell Mayes
(screenplay)

Cast

Gene Hackman
Reverend Scott: Ernest Borgnine
Rogo: Red Buttons
Martin: Carol Lynley
Nonnie: Roddy McDowall
Acres: Stella Stevens
Linda Rogo: Shelley Winters
Belle Rosen: Jack Albertson
Manny Rosen: Pamela Sue Martin
Susan: Arthur O'Connell
Chaplain: Eric Shea
Robin: Fred Sadoff
Linarcos: Sheila Allen
Nurse: Jan Arvan
Doctor: Byron Webster
Purser: John Crawford
Chief Engineer: Bob Hastings
M. C.: Erik L. Nelson
Mr. Tinkham: Leslie Nielsen
The Captain: Phil Adams
Cable Steward: Larry Arnold
Waiter: Craig Barley
Passenger: Todd Bartlett
Passenger: Charles Bateman
First Officer Larsen: Doug Bell
Ship's Officer on Dance Floor: Jack Berle
Passenger: Herb Boomhower
Passenger: Robert Buckingham
Passenger: Eldon Burke
Passenger: Dusty Cadis
Passenger at Sermon: Bill Catching
Passenger: Lisa Christy
Passenger: Craig Chudy
Helmsman: Marcello Clay
Passenger in Ballroom as Ship Overturns: Jack Clinton
Passenger: Tony M. Conde
Passenger: Ronn Cragg
Radarman: Jimmy Cross
Dining Room Steward: Fred Dale
Passenger: Paula Dell
Sliding Female Passenger in Red Dress: Ray Didsbury
Passenger: Connie Ducharme
Passenger: Ken DuMain
Ship's Officer in Booth: Pete Dunn
Passenger: Dick Durock
Passenger: Dotty Ertel
Blonde Female Passenger at Sermon: Len Felber
Passenger: Ruth Foster
Passenger: Bill French
Dead Kitchen Worker: Jim Galante
Assistant Engineer: Bob Golden
Wiper: Valerie Hall
Passenger: Bob Harks
Passenger: Orwin C. Harvey
Falling Man: Francine Henderson
Woman at Sermon / Female Passenger with Broken Neck (uncredited): George Holmes
Passenger: Larry Holt
Falling Man: Shep Houghton
Passenger: Chris Howell
Passenger: Kathryn Janssen
Passenger: Lorraine Keeling
Passenger: Jack Krupnick
Passenger: Bob Liddle
Passenger: Marco Lopez
Passenger: Maurice Marsac
French Naval Officer: John Hugh McKnight
Passenger: Monty O'Grady
Passenger at Sermon: Michael Omartian
Keyboard Player in Band: Ernie F. Orsatti
Terry: Victor Paul
Kyrenos: Stuart Perry
Teddy Parry: Allen Pinson
Passenger: Bobby Porter
Dark-Haired Boy at Reverend Scott's Sermon: Tony Regan
Passenger: Frieda Rentie
Passenger: Leoda Richards
Passenger: Lance Rimmer
Passenger: Elizabeth Rogers
Woman Next to Mr. Tinkham: George Sawaya
Bos'n Mate: David Sharpe
Passenger: George Simmons
Waiter: Tucker Smith
Passenger: Marilyn Stader
Falling Passenger: Paul Stader
Martin: Tom Steele
Passenger Who Helps Catch Susan: Ron Stein
Passenger: Norman Stevans
Man in Group Following Doctor: Sheila Surkes Scotti
Passenger: Mark Tulin
Bass Guitarist as Ship Sinks: Waddy Wachtel
Crump - Guitarist #1: Tim Wallace
Passenger: Rick Warick
Passenger: Lori Williams
Passenger: Roseann Williams
Passenger: Judith Woodbury
Passenger: Gary Wright
Day Helmsman

Produced by

Irwin Allen
producer: Steve Broidy
executive producer (uncredited): Sherrill C. Corwin
executive producer (uncredited): Sidney Marshall
associate producer

Music by

John Williams

Cinematography by

Harold E. Stine
director of photography

Editing by

Harold F. Kress

Casting By

Jack Baur

Production Design by

William J. Creber
(as William Creber)

Set Decoration by

Raphael Bretton

Costume Design by

Paul Zastupnevich

Makeup Department

Del Acevedo
makeup artist: Edwin Butterworth
makeup artist (as Ed Butterworth): Carol Pershing
hair stylist: Sheral Ross
hair stylist: Allan Snyder
makeup artist: Ann Wadlington
hair stylist: Daniel C. Striepeke
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Hal Herman
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Norman A. Cook
assistant director (as Norman Cook): Les Warner
second assistant director: Donald White
second assistant director (as Don White): Irwin Allen
second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

Tom Cranham
production illustrator: Dan Goozee
production illustrator: Bob McLaughlin
property master: Ward Preston
assistant art director: Duane Alt
illustrator (uncredited): Jerry Kobold
assistant prop man (uncredited): Mort KÃ¼nstler
poster artist (uncredited): Charles Stevens
construction coordinator (uncredited): Richard A. Villalobos
leadman (uncredited)

Sound Department

John A. Bonner
sound supervisor (as John Bonner): Herman Lewis
production mixer: Theodore Soderberg
re-recording mixer: Orrick Barrett
boom man (uncredited): Raul A. Bruce
boom operator (uncredited): Don Hall
supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

A.D. Flowers
mechanical effects (as A. D. Flowers): Johnny Borgese
special effects (uncredited): Gerald Endler
mechanical effects (uncredited): Hal Millar
special effects (uncredited): Paul Wurtzel
special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

L.B. Abbott
special photographic effects (as L. B. Abbott): Matthew Yuricich
matte painter (uncredited)

Stunts

Paul Stader
stunt coordinator: Phil Adams
stunts (uncredited): Craig R. Baxley
stunts (uncredited): Marilyn Bower
stunts (uncredited): Janet Brady
stunts (uncredited): Jerry Brutsche
stunts (uncredited): Eldon Burke
stunts (uncredited): Bill Catching
stunts (uncredited): Craig Chudy
stunts (uncredited): Howard Curtis
stunts (uncredited): Pepper Curtis
stunt double (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited): John Daheim
stunts (uncredited): Fred Dale
stunts (uncredited): Carol Daniels
stunts (uncredited): Paula Dell
stunts (uncredited): Bennie E. Dobbins
stunts (uncredited): Mike Donovan
stunts (uncredited): Dick Durock
stunts (uncredited): Gary Epper
stunts (uncredited): Jeannie Epper
stunts (uncredited): Pamela Estrom
stunt double: Carol Lynley (uncredited): Lila Finn
stunts (uncredited): Donna Garrett
stunts (uncredited): Orwin C. Harvey
stunts (uncredited): Larry Holt
stunts (uncredited): Chris Howell
stunts (uncredited): Loren Janes
stunts (uncredited): Mike Johnson
stunts (uncredited): Denver Mattson
stunts (uncredited): John Moio
stunts (uncredited): Keith Morhart
stunts (uncredited): Doug O'Dell
stunt double (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited): Ernie F. Orsatti
stunts (uncredited): Frank Orsatti
stunts (uncredited): Victor Paul
stunts (uncredited): Gil Perkins
stunts (uncredited): Preston Petersen
stunts (uncredited): Allen Pinson
stunts (uncredited): Bobby Porter
stunt double: Eric Shea (uncredited): Robert Prohaska
stunts (uncredited): George Robotham
stunts (uncredited): Wally Rose
stunts (uncredited): Russell Saunders
stunts (uncredited): George Sawaya
stunts (uncredited): Fred Scheiwiller
stunts (uncredited): David Sharpe
stunts (uncredited): Rodell Sharpe
stunts (uncredited): Marilyn Stader
stunts (uncredited): Paul Stader
stunt double: Gene Hackman (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited): Tom Steele
stunts (uncredited): Ron Stein
stunts (uncredited): Jerry Summers
stunts (uncredited): George P. Wilbur
stunts (uncredited): June lorna Wilson
stunts (uncredited): James Winburn
stunts (uncredited): Thomas Worrell
stunts (uncredited): Fred Zendar
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Thomas Morris
camera operator (as Tommy Morris): Lou Pazelli
key grip: Clyde Taylor
gaffer: Henry Gerzen
key grip (uncredited): Bob Henderson
gaffer (uncredited): Tom Kerschner
first assistant camera (uncredited): James Mitchell
still photographer (uncredited): Joe Valdez
second assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Wally Harton
costumes: men (uncredited): Dick James
costumes: men (uncredited): Barbara Westerland
costumes: women (uncredited)

Editorial Department

William DeNicholas
assistant editor

Music Department

Alexander Courage
orchestrator: Vinton Vernon
scoring mixer: Israel Baker
musician: violin (uncredited): Dennis Budimir
musician: guitar (uncredited): John Clyman
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Don Cristlieb
musician: bassoon (uncredited): Vince De Rosa
musician: french horn (uncredited): James Decker
musician: french horn (uncredited): Harold Dicterow
musician: violin (uncredited): Bob DiVall
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Bonnie Jean Douglas
musician: violin (uncredited): Dominick Fera
musician: clarinet (uncredited): Dominic Fidelibus
music copyist (uncredited): Chuck Findley
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Ralph Grierson
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Alan Harshman
musician: viola (uncredited): The Hollywood Studio Symphony
music performed by (uncredited): Tommy Johnson
musician: tuba soloist (uncredited): Artie Kane
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Armand Kaproff
musician: cello (uncredited): Louis Kaufman
musician: violin (uncredited): Milton Kestenbaum
musician: bass (uncredited): Jacob Krachmalnick
musician: violin (uncredited): Raphael Kramer
musician: cello (uncredited): Michael Lang
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Abe Luboff
musician: bass (uncredited): Alfred Lustgarten
musician: violin (uncredited): Edgar Lustgarten
musician: cello (uncredited): Arthur Maebe
musician: french horn (uncredited): Peter Mercurio
musician: bass (uncredited): Richard Nash
musician: trombone (uncredited): John Neufeld
musician: clarinet (uncredited): Irma Neumann
musician: violin (uncredited): Richard Perissi
musician: french horn (uncredited): Joseph Reilich
musician: viola (uncredited): Dorothy Remsen
musician: harp (uncredited): Ernie Rosecrans
music copyist (uncredited): Glen Rosecrans
music copyist (uncredited): Meyer Rubin
orchestra contractor (uncredited): Harry Schmidt
musician: french horn (uncredited): Frederick Seykora
musician: cello (uncredited): Paul Shure
musician: violin (uncredited): Henry Sigismonti
musician: french horn (uncredited): Eleanor Slatkin
musician: cello (uncredited): Paul Sprosty
music copyist (uncredited): Ann Stockton
musician: harp (uncredited): Sheridon Stokes
musician: flute (uncredited): Tommy Tedesco
musician: guitar (uncredited): Phillip A. Teele
musician: trombone (uncredited): Milton Thomas
musician: viola (uncredited): Jerry Williams
musician: percussion (uncredited): John Williams
conductor (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited) / score producer (uncredited): Graham Young
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Mary Louise Zeyen
musician: cello (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Teresa Brachetto
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Chris Haynes
driver (uncredited): Frank Khoury
driver (uncredited): Jim Martell
transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

John Campbell
unit publicist: Al Gail
assistant to producer: Art Volpert
production coordinator: Steven Marlo
dialogue coach (uncredited): Art Volpert
production controller (uncredited)