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.
Stars: Telly Savalas, Chad Everett, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Horst Buchholz, James Coco, José Ferrer
Crew: Douglas Heyes, Douglas Heyes, Ernest Lehman, Douglas S. Cramer, Hudson Hickman, Robert Mintz
Country: US
Studio: ABC
Runtime: 26:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Nov 15, 1979
Last air date: Nov 18, 1979
Episode: 3 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 4
Keywords:miniseries
