The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
After their 43-foot schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales, the six members of the Robertson family spend 37 days adrift in the Pacific with no maps, compass, or navigational instruments.They use every survival technique they can as they battle 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation, and exhaustion.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Kevin James DobsonDirector
- Fred KarlinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert UrichJack Carpenter
- Ali MacGrawClaire Carpenter
- Danielle von ZerneckSusan
- David FranklinWally
- David DanielsTimmy
- Gus MercurioMr. Haines
- Betty BobbittMrs. Haines
- Peter SumnerBuzz
- John HeywoodCommander
- Michael BishopHoward
- David TipokiFishing Captain
- Pahnie JantzenFirst Mate