Adventures of the Queen

*Adventures of the Queen*
Adventures of the Queen
Written by	John Gay
Directed by	David Lowell Rich
Starring	Robert Stack; David Hedison; Ralph Bellamy; Bradford Dillman
Music by	Richard LaSalle
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Irwin Allen
Production locations	RMS Queen Mary - 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, California
Cinematography	Jack Woolf
Editor	Bill Brame
Running time	98 minutes
Production companies	20th Century Fox Television; Irwin Allen Productions
Budget	$1 million
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	February 14, 1975

Adventures of the Queen is a 1975 American made-for-television drama film starring Robert Stack. It was made as a pilot for a potential TV series but screened as a stand-alone TV movie.^[1]

Plot

The captain and doctor on a cruise liner have to deal with various crises, including a hidden bomb, a suicide attempt and a billionaire.

Cast

Robert Stack as Captain James Morgan
David Hedison as Dr Peter Brooks
Ralph Bellamy as J L Dundeen
Bradford Dillman as Martin Reed
Sorrell Booke as Robert Dwight
Burr DeBenning as Ted Trevor
John Randolph as John Howe
Ellen Weston as Ann Trevor
Linden Chiles as Matthew Evans
Sheila Matthews as Claudine Lennart
Mills Watson as Jim Greer
Frank Marth as Phillips

Production

It was the first of three movies Allen did for TV in the wake of the success of The Towering Inferno, the others being The Swiss Family Robinson and Time Travelers. Each was made through 20th Century Fox for $1 million but was done for different networks. They were all done as pilots for potential TV series.^[1]

"I missed television," said Allen. "There's a hysteria and an excitement in television that exists nowhere else in business."^[1]

Allen called the film "Son of Poseidon Adventure."^[1] It was mostly shot on the Queen Mary in Long Beach.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e TELEVISION REVIEW: Disaster Master Launches Grand Slam Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 14 Feb 1975: g1.
^ Out of Retirement, Into the Movies The Washington Post 29 Dec 1974: F6.

External links

Adventures of the Queen at IMDb
Adventures of the Queen at TCMDB
Adventures of the Queen at Irwin Allen

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[los-1] TELEVISION REVIEW: Disaster Master Launches Grand Slam Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 14 Feb 1975: g1.

[2] Out of Retirement, Into the Movies The Washington Post 29 Dec 1974: F6.

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v t e Irwin Allen productions
Films	Double Dynamite (1951) A Girl in Every Port (1952) The Sea Around Us (1953) Dangerous Mission (1954) The Animal World (1956) The Story of Mankind (1957) The Big Circus (1959) The Lost World (1960) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) The Towering Inferno (1974) Viva Knievel! (1977) The Swarm (1978) Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) When Time Ran Out (1980)
Television series	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–68) Lost in Space (1965–68) The Time Tunnel (1966–67) Land of the Giants (1968–70) The Swiss Family Robinson (1975–76) Code Red (1981–82)
TV films	The Man from the 25th Century (1968) (short) City Beneath the Sea (1971) Adventures of the Queen (1975) Time Travelers (1976) Flood! (1976) Fire! (1977) The Return of Captain Nemo (1978) Hanging by a Thread (1979) The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980) The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983) Cave-In! (1983) Alice in Wonderland (1985)