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.
Directing | Douglas Heyes | Director |
Writing | Douglas Heyes | Writer |
Writing | Ernest Lehman | Novel |
Production | Douglas S. Cramer | Executive Producer |
Production | Hudson Hickman | Associate Producer |
Production | Robert Mintz | Producer |
Production | Aaron Spelling | Executive Producer |
Production | E. Duke Vincent | Supervising Producer |
Sound | John Addison | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Ralph Woolsey | Director of Photography |
Editing | Jamie Caylor | Editor |
Editing | Tom Stevens | Editor |
Production | Toni Howard | Casting |
Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
Art | Serge Krizman | Production Design |
Art | James W. Payne | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Nolan Miller | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Doug Kelly | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Edie Panda | Hairstylist |
Production | Jean-Pierre Avice | Production Manager |
Production | Ken Swor | Unit Production Manager |
Directing | James Ragan | Assistant Director |
Directing | Christian Raoux | Assistant Director |
Directing | Michael Sturges | Second Assistant Director |
Art | Phill Norman | Graphic Designer |
Art | Arthur Shippee | Property Master |
Sound | Gene S. Cantamessa | Sound |
Sound | J.H. Arrufat | Sound Editor |
Camera | Jean Badal | Director of Photography |
Editing | Allan Jacobs | Supervising Editor |
Production | François Bureau | Location Manager |
Crew | Gordon Brisker | Additional Music |
Sound | Gordon Brisker | Orchestrator |
Sound | Harry V. Lojewski | Music Supervisor |
Sound | Joe Tuley | Music Editor |
Directing | Vivian Jones | Script Supervisor |
Art | Phill Norman | Title Designer |