The French Atlantic Affair
15/11/1979



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.
Cast


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)
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