Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

About Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) is an action adventure film directed by Irwin Allen. Michael Caine takes the lead as Captain Mike Turner, Sally Field as Celeste Whitman, Telly Savalas as Captain Stefan Svevo, and Peter Boyle as Frank Mazzetti.

At 114 minutes long, it arrived in May 1979. Written by Nelson Gidding and Paul Gallico. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under disaster, rescue mission, gold, and disaster movie. It scores 5.0 out of 10 from 148 TMDB voters.

The Poseidon Adventure, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug make useful companions to Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, all filed under 1970s and capsized ship.