Adventures of the Queen | |
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Written by | John Gay |
Directed by | David Lowell Rich |
Starring | Robert Stack David Hedison Ralph Bellamy Bradford Dillman |
Music by | Richard LaSalle |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Irwin Allen |
Production locations | RMS Queen Mary - 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, California |
Cinematography | Jack Woolf |
Editor | Bill Brame |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Production companies | 20th Century Fox Television Irwin Allen Productions |
Budget | $1 million [1] |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | February 14, 1975 |
Adventures of the Queen is a 1975 American made-for-television drama film starring Robert Stack. It was made as a pilot for a potential TV series but screened as a stand-alone TV movie. [1]
Captain James Morgan and Dr. Peter Brooks on a cruise liner have to deal with various crises, including a hidden bomb, a suicide attempt and J. L. Dundeen, a millionaire.
It was the first of three movies Irwin Allen did for TV in the wake of the success of The Towering Inferno , the others being The Swiss Family Robinson and Time Travelers . Each was made through 20th Century Fox for $1 million but was done for different networks. They were all done as pilots for potential TV series. [1]
"I missed television," said Allen. "There's a hysteria and an excitement in television that exists nowhere else in business." [1] Allen called the film "Son of Poseidon Adventure ." [1] It was mostly shot on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. [2]