The crew is further inconvenienced by other halfcompleted refitting work. Directed by henry edwards, it was based on the novel by alice campbell and was distributed by julius hagen productions. The opening credits of richard lesters juggernaut 1974 play over. This trope plays out when the bomber calls to ask if the ships owners have decided to pay the ransom yet. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. It was inspired by real events aboard qe2 in may 1972 when royal marines from the special boat service were parachuted onto the ship because of a bomb hoax. The 1974 ua picture juggernaut is a basic bombdefusing thriller. Juggernaut a prodigal son returns to investigate his mothers death in this canadian suspense drama centered around family legacies. The finale and the conclusion are a little bit disappointing considering its. Actie thriller film geregisseerd door richard lester. What sets juggernaut apart from a thousand other mad bomber films is that to a large extent it approaches the threat from an official, even technical perspective. Richard lester says film production was scheduled for ten weeks but was completed. Juggernaut is a 1974 british crime suspense film starring richard harris, omar sharif, and.
The film was directed by richard lester, who took over after directors bryan forbes and don medford each left the project in preproduction. The hamburg had recently been sold by its german owners to the soviet union. Cast and crew credits for juggernaut, 1974, directed by richard lester, with omar sharif, richard harris, david hemmings, at turner classic movies. Jan, 2010 licensed to youtube by natoarts on behalf of track one recordings. Miladys revenge is a 1974 richard lester film that serves as a sequel to his the three musketeers, and covers the second half of dumas 1844 novel the three musketeers fifteen years after completion of the four musketeers, much of the cast and crew reassembled to film the return of the musketeers 1989, loosely based on dumas twenty.
English subtitles are available for those who may need them. Not to be confused with the 1974 film juggernaut, which is about an extortionist who has planted time bombs on a cruise ship. A bomber has planted 7 bombs on a transatlantic cruise ship. Released in 1974, the year of the towering inferno, the plot of juggernaut. With amanda crew, stephen mchattie, david cubitt, ty olsson. Richard harris and david hemmings start to try to disarm juggernaut s bombs in juggernaut. Juggernaut keeps the trappings of the poseidon adventure catastrophe in lavish locale, cast of thousands and turns everything english. Juggernaut 1974 cast and crew when a luxury cruise ship reaches the high seas, its owner ian holm receives a disturbing phone call from a man known only as juggernaut freddie jones. Director richard lester proves to be as skillful with edgeofseat suspense as he is at slapstick farce in juggernaut. After a lengthy absence, a small town outlaw returns to his hometown, violently obsessed with the notion that his mothers death was not a suicide. Juggernaut is the pseudonym of a madman freddie jones who plants several steel drums aboard a luxury liner and calls the companys officials once the boat has put out to. Director richard lester proves to be as skillful with edgeofseat.
Petulia is a film that is both in and out of time, a product of a particular moment in. Lester says the film was scheduled for ten weeks and completed in six. Juggernaut is the pseudonym of a madman freddie jones who plants several steel drums aboard a luxury liner and calls the companys officials once the boat has put out to sea, demanding a large. Juggernaut 1974 full movie 123movies free watch online with english subtitles,stream free juggernaut full movie online on marvel biggest movie. Miladys revenge is a 1974 richard lester film that serves as a sequel to his the three musketeers, and covers the second half of dumas 1844 novel the three musketeers. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Jul 16, 20 juggernaut is the pseudonym of a madman freddie jones who plants several steel drums aboard a luxury liner and calls the companys officials once the boat has put out to sea, demanding a large. The camera work is excellent as well, with some creative macro shots that help clarify the technical details and keep the tension high. Without affecting the films serious thriller aspects, lester weaves a thread of.
This movie was shot mainly aboard a real ocean liner. Juggernaut is a story of revenge, obsession and sibling rivalry. Before the soviets took delivery of the liner, they rented it to the movie company. The luxury liner is depressing and grey, disappointment and inevitability replace flamboyant heroics, and in this way one actually worries about the dozen chess pieces moved around by an unseen terrorist. Juggernaut cain marko is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. While the xmen villain the juggernaut certainly fits this trope, much more detailed information can be found about him on this page here. They successfully trace the phone that the call is coming from, only to find that its just a relay, attached earpiecetomouthpiece to another phone which is receiving another call from the bombers actual location. Some interior filming was completed on stages at pinewood studios. Bannister shirley knight, early in richard lesters juggernaut, 1974.
The film follows an official from the cruise company, a naval bomb defuser, and london police officials as they attempt to prevent a catastrophe. Its been said that when superman doesnt want to be moved he isnt going to be, but its also been said that juggernauts unstoppable. Juggernaut 112 movie clip the juggernauts first call 1974. The film, which was directed by richard lester, was largely shot on location aboard the ts hamburg in the north sea. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Juggernaut 112 movie clip the juggernauts first call. A blackmailer demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he placed aboard the transatlantic liner britannic. Towering inferno 1974, juggernaut 1974, avalanche 1978, and beyond the poseidon adventure 1979. While a crack bomb squad team try to defuse the bombs the police attempt to track down the mad bomber.
Watch juggernaut 1974 full movie free streaming online tubi. Just before juggernaut hed completed the three and the four. When the great omar sharif died recently, the bbcs coverage of the sad event included clips from lawrence of arabia and dr. Typically british disaster film with so much stiff upper lip you would think theres nothing worse than a brief rain on the day of a picnic as opposed to us films where half the cast is screaming and panicking at the first sign of trouble. The liner was painted in the livery of a fictional shipping line, very similar to. A disconcerting aspect of richard lesters last feature, the three musketeers, was the evidence of a director trying to play several separate games and please several separate audiences at the same time, often leading to a diffusion of interest as the film briskly bounced from one. Though it requires some patience and attention on the part of the viewer, this film is full of subtle details and is well worth the effort. Part of the fun in juggernaut is trying to guess who the extortionist really is.
Juggernaut 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. With richard harris, omar sharif, david hemmings, anthony hopkins. The four musketeers also known as the four musketeers. Richard harris and david hemmings star as a pair of demolition experts. Is superman going to move or is juggernaut going to be stopped.
The film has been released under two different titles. Zhivago, of course, and then cut to richard lesters juggernaut just as the voiceover commented on the declining quality of sharifs later films, causing me to splutter into my cocoa and pen angry letters to auntie beeb in my mind, for juggernaut is a fantastic example. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Jul 26, 2016 for more weird videos plus strange film nights in london. After the first night at sea, roy kinnear the social director, officer hollingsworth mark burns with a theory about what the captain omar sharif has been up to with passenger mrs. Juggernaut is a 1974 british crime suspense film starring richard harris, omar sharif, and anthony hopkins. Juggernaut is one of those films from the 1970s that was termed a disaster movie. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. He also places petulia alongside juggernaut 1974 and robin and marian. This usage originated in the midnineteenth century. Watch juggernaut 1974 full movie free streaming online. Picker productions and released in 1974 by united artists.
An exploration into the dark places family dysfunction can lead to. Its been said that when superman doesnt want to be moved he isnt going to be, but its also been said that juggernaut s unstoppable. Juggernaut 712 movie clip sealed in 1974 hd youtube. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. The ss britannic is stocked with explosives by a mysterious bomber who threatens to kill everyone aboard the ship unless the owner pays ransom. Towering inferno 1974, juggernaut 1974, avalanche 1978, and beyond the poseidon adventure 1979 posted on may 27, 2015 at 5. On the face of it juggernaut is a fairly small scale nervestretcher about an attempt to hold a shipping company to ransom by placing seven very large and very intricately designed bombs in an atlantic liner.