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The French Atlantic Affair
Ended
11/15/1979
en - US
When the SS Festivale sets sail from New York to France, its 3,000 passengers include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harold Columbine and 146 members of the Church of the Cosmic Path, led by Father Craig Dunleavy, their charismatic messiah. Seizing control of the ship, Dunleavy demands $70 million in gold, intending to kill everyone onboard once it's paid. Without knowing which passengers are cultists and warned that 12 will die for every hijacker harmed, Columbine and the captain search for a way to save 3,000 lives before Dunleavy makes good on his threat. Based on a novel by screenwriter Ernest Lehman, this mini-series was broadcast over three nights in November 1979.
Crime
Drama
Actors

Telly Savalas
Fr. Craig Dunleavy

Chad Everett
Harold Columbine

Jean-Pierre Aumont
Insp. Jean-Claude Raffin

Horst Buchholz
Dr. Chabot

James Coco
Georges Sauvinage

José Ferrer
Pres. Aristide Brouchard

John Houseman
Dr. Archady Clemens

Carolyn Jones
Peg

Richard Jordan
Julian Wunderlicht

Louis Jourdan
Capt. Charles Girodt

Michelle Phillips
Jennie Barber

Marie-France Pisier
Lisa

Donald Pleasence
Max Dechambre

John Rubinstein
Herb Kleinfeld

Stella Stevens
Louise Crawford

Shelley Winters
Helen Wabash

Rebecca Balding
Harriet Kleinfeld

Dan O'Brien
Brother Abe

Martin Costi
Brother Paul

Mark Gorman
Wendell Cornin

Alain Chappuis
Carpentier

Don Parker
Controller

Sandy Silverthorne
Skinner

Patricia Barry
Bee

Lance LeGault
Lester Foyles

William Lucking
Don Crawford

Nehemiah Persoff
Col. Schreiner

Dane Clark
Adm. J. Elton Knox

Dennis Dimster
Billy

Richard Anderson
Terrence Crown

Corinne Calvet
Althea Broussard

Lee de Broux
Keegan

Doug Heyes, Jr.
Brother James

John Fitzpatrick
Brother John

Michael Carr
Brother Thomas

John Shearin
Brother David

Dennis Howard
Brian Joy

Harvey Jason
Plessier

Dana Hill
Maggie Joy

Bruce French
Christian Specht

Jean-Paul Vignon
Ferret

Army Archerd
Stanford Whitman

Paul Verdier
Claude

Pete Schrum
Bobo

Deborah Benson
Betty

Melissa Converse
Mrs. Joy

Francis X. McCarthy
Tony

Ellen Blake
Tony's Wife

Duane Grey
Fleischman

Jacqueline Beer
Madame Grilley

Kenneth White
Barney

Peter Mamakos
Otto Laneer

Gwen Van Dam
Barney's Wife

Erik Holland
Plainclothes Detective

John Parr
Controller

Jerry Dunphy
Self

M. Emmet Walsh
Harry

James Jeter
Al

Edith Fields
Al's Wife

Louis de Farra
Vergnaud

Roger Etienne
Pierre Demangeon

André Landzaat

Roberta Storm

Michael Currie

Stanley Grover
Bradley

Todd Martin
Freuling

Curt Lowens
Wilhelm Greitzen

Philippe Léotard
Blondin

Maurice Marsac
Brunel

Roger Til
Devillaine

Billy Beck
Cabanal

Sandy Ignon
Bonjalet

Peter Brandon
Seersucker Suit

Lewis Charles
Bert

Ted Danson
Abe Santley

Arielle Dombasle
Hotel Operator

Michael Fairman
Comdr. Hewitt

Jean-François Ferreol
Farmer

Patrick Gorman
Wendell Cronin

George Keymas
Nicos

Lloyd Kino
Osikawa

Rod Loomis
Harris

Ion Teodorescu
Panos

Paul Picerni
Panama Hat (uncredited)

G.W. Bailey
Jake (uncredited)
Miniseries
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