Synopsis
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
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Cast
- Charlton HestonStewart Graff
- Ava GardnerRemy Royce-Graff
- George KennedySgt. Lew Slade
- Lorne GreeneSam Royce
- Geneviève BujoldDenise Marshall
- Richard RoundtreeMiles Quade
- Marjoe GortnerJody
- Barry SullivanDr. Willis Stockle
- Lloyd NolanDr. James Vance
- Victoria PrincipalRosa Amici
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
Mark Robson's Earthquake is an excellent dramatic exploitation extravaganza, combining brilliant special effects with a multi-character plot line which is surprisingly above average for this type film. Large cast is headed by Charlton Heston, who comes off better than usual because he is not Superman, instead just one of the gang. - 70
The New York Times
For those who have a soft spot for calamity pictures, there's a sense of ritual cleansing afterward. And for some reason, it also made me hungry. - 60
The New Yorker
The picture is swill, but it isn't a cheat; it's an entertaining marathon of Grade-A destruction effects, with B-picture stock characters spinning through it. - 60
Village Voice
Halfway between a movie and a carnival huckster's gimmick, with the gimmick a great deal less interesting than the movie itself. [23 Dec 1974, p.89] - 50
Time Out
Flat, generally laughable hokum, and the film ends up nowhere near as interesting a comment on the psychological aspects of disaster as Juggernaut. - 25
TV Guide Magazine
Awful disaster movie that combined the worst elements of soap opera with special effects (bad matte paintings and the ridiculous Sensurround)--featuring an all-star cast that should have stayed home and waited for a real earthquake.
