The French Atlantic Affair (1979)
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.
Year
1979
Country
US
Language
English
First aired
15 November 1979
TMDB
7.2 (5)
Created by Douglas Heyes
Seasons
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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
Michelle Phillips
Jennie Barber
Marie-France Pisier
Lisa
Donald Pleasence
Max Dechambre
John Rubinstein
Herb Kleinfeld
Stella Stevens
Louise Crawford
Shelley Winters
Helen Wabash
Rebecca Balding
Harriet Kleinfeld
D
Dan O'Brien
Brother Abe
M
Martin Costi
Brother Paul
M
Mark Gorman
Wendell Cornin
A
Alain Chappuis
Carpentier
D
Don Parker
Controller
S
Sandy Silverthorne
Skinner
Patricia Barry
Bee
Lance LeGault
Lester Foyles
William Lucking
Don Crawford
Nehemiah Persoff
Col. Schreiner
Dane Clark
Adm. J. Elton Knox
D
Dennis Dimster
Billy
Richard Anderson
Terrence Crown
Corinne Calvet
Althea Broussard
Lee de Broux
Keegan
Doug Heyes, Jr.
Brother James
J
John Fitzpatrick
Brother John
Michael Carr
Brother Thomas
J
John Shearin
Brother David
D
Dennis Howard
Brian Joy
Harvey Jason
Plessier
Dana Hill
Maggie Joy
Bruce French
Christian Specht
Jean-Paul Vignon
Ferret
Army Archerd
Stanford Whitman
P
Paul Verdier
Claude
Pete Schrum
Bobo
D
Deborah Benson
Betty
M
Melissa Converse
Mrs. Joy
Francis X. McCarthy
Tony
Ellen Blake
Tony's Wife
Duane Grey
Fleischman
Jacqueline Beer
Madame Grilley
K
Kenneth White
Barney
Peter Mamakos
Otto Laneer
Gwen Van Dam
Barney's Wife
Erik Holland
Plainclothes Detective
J
John Parr
Controller
Jerry Dunphy
Self
M. Emmet Walsh
Harry
James Jeter
Al
E
Edith Fields
Al's Wife
L
Louis de Farra
Vergnaud
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