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Earthquake (1974)

Director: Mark Robson

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From Time Out Film Guide

Lovers of bizarre cinematic gimmickry will find much to enjoy thanks to an ingenious aural device known as Sensurround which induces a minor tremor in the cinema during climactic sequences. The special effects are of a high order as Los Angeles is razed, so it is unfortunate that the same intelligent attention is not extended to either script or direction. Both settle for flat, generally laughable hokum, and the film ends up nowhere near as interesting a comment on the psychological aspects of disaster as Juggernaut.

Author: DP

Time Out Film Guide

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Cast & crew

Director: Mark Robson

Producer: Mark Robson

Cast: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Genevieve Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Matthau full cast

Genre(s): Action/Adventure

Duration: 123 mins

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