
Disaster on the Coastliner
1979 · Movie · 96 min · ★ 5.5
Two high speed passenger trains, one carrying the vice president's wife, are on a collision course. An ex-railroad employee who lost his family in a train crash holds the railroad responsible, and unless his demands are met, the trains will crash.
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Details
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-10-28
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (17 votes)
Themes
- helicopter
- police
- train crash
- disaster
- terrorism
- sabotage
- runaway train
- disaster movie
- railroad worker
Cast & crew

Lloyd Bridges
as Al Mitchell

Raymond Burr
as Estes Hill

Robert Fuller
as Matt Leigh

Pat Hingle
as John Marsh

E.G. Marshall
as Roy Snyder

Yvette Mimieux
as Paula Harvey

William Shatner
as Stuart Peters

Paul L. Smith
as Jim Waterman / Victor Prescott

Arthur Malet
as Southbound Conductor

Harry Caesar
as Northbound Conductor
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian