Original title
The French Atlantic Affair
Released
11/15/1979
Origin country
US
Genre
Crime, Drama
Production companies
Aaron Spelling Productions, MGM Television
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
3
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.
Part 1 of a three-part miniseries about the hijacking of a luxury liner by cultists who demand a $70-million ransom.
The murder of 12 passengers sparks desperate attempts to save the hijacked ocean liner.
A sophisticated computer, timed explosives and an unexpected double-cross figure into the conclusion.
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