- Goliath Awaits
Infobox Television Film
name = Goliath Awaits
caption =
format = ActionAdventure Science Fiction Drama
runtime = ~200 min (original) 110 min (VHS/laserdisc)
creator =
director = Kevin Connnor
producer = Hugh Benson
Larry White
writer = Richard Bluel
Pat Fielder
starring =Mark Harmon Christopher Lee Eddie Albert John Carradine Alex Cord Robert Forster Frank Gorshin Jean Marsh John McIntire Emma Samms
music =George Duning
country = USA
language = English
network =Operation Prime Time / Independent
released = 1981
imdb_id = 0082461
tv_com_id =
amg_id = 20265"Goliath Awaits" is a 1981 American
television movie originally broadcast in two parts in November 1981 on various stations as a part ofOperation Prime Time 's syndicated programming.cite web| title = Goliath Awaits | url = http://www.jimusnr.com/GoliathAwaits.html | accessdate = 2008-04-08] cite news | last = McLean | first = Robert A | title = High Adventure at the Bottom of the Sea | pages = 1 | publisher =The Boston Globe | date =1981-11-05 | accessdate = 2008-04-16] It is about a luxury passenger ship sunk by atorpedo fired by a GermanU-boat in 1939 that is discovered in 1981 with over 300 survivors and their descendants living in an air bubble in the wreck.Principal cast
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Mark Harmon – Peter Cabot
*Christopher Lee – John McKenzie
*Eddie Albert – Admiral Wiley Sloan
*John Carradine – Ronald Bentley
*Alex Cord – Dr. Sam Marlowe
*Robert Forster – Commander Jeff Selkirk
*Frank Gorshin – Dan Wesker
*Jean Marsh – Dr. Goldman
*John McIntire – Senator Oliver Bartholemew
*Emma Samms – Lea McKenziePlot
In 1939, the luxury British
ocean liner "Goliath", carrying 1,860 passengers, is hit by a torpedo fired by aU-boat and sinks while on a trans-Atlantic crossing to theUnited States three days after the outbreak ofWorld War II .Scientists aboard a research ship discover the wreck of the "Goliath" in 1981 lying upright in 1,000 feet (305 m) of water. Divers sent down to investigate the wreck, including oceanographer Peter Cabot (
Mark Harmon ), hear banging and music coming from the ship,cite news | last = Maslin | first = Janet | title = TV: 'Goliath Awaits,' Undersea Yarn | publisher =The New York Times | date =1981-11-16 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E1DB1F39F935A25752C1A967948260 | accessdate = 2008-04-08] and are shocked to see a face at a porthole. They discover 337 survivors and their descendants living in an air bubble in the wreck. The residents of "Goliath", who have invented some technologies to help them survive, live in a utopian society under the leadership of John McKenzie (Christopher Lee ). The scientists are surprised to discover that McKenzie and some of the ship's residents are not interested in being "rescued".Complicating things, the "Goliath" had been carrying some sensitive documents to U.S. President Roosevelt. A joint American/British military team is sent by Admiral Wiley Sloan (
Eddie Albert ) to retrieve and destroy the documents.Filming
The movie was principally filmed on location aboard the RMS "Queen Mary".cite news | last = Gore | first = Robert J
title = Queen Mary Is Setting for Sci-Fi Film | publisher =Los Angeles Times | date =1981-05-30 | url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/657629282.html?dids=657629282:657629282&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=May+30%2C+1981&author=ROBERT+J+GORE&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Queen+Mary+Is+Setting+for+Sci-Fi+Film&pqatl=google
accessdate = 2008-04-14]References
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