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Earthquake
Directed by
Mark Robson
PG
1974
2h 3m
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5.9
44%
36%
6.1
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Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
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Cast of Earthquake
Charlton Heston
Stewart Graff
Ava Gardner
Remy Royce-Graff
George Kennedy
Sgt. Lew Slade
Lorne Greene
Sam Royce
Geneviève Bujold
Denise Marshall
Richard Roundtree
Miles Quade
Marjoe Gortner
Jody
Barry Sullivan
Dr. Willis Stockle
Lloyd Nolan
Dr. James Vance
Victoria Principal
Rosa Amici
Walter Matthau
Drunk
Monica Lewis
Barbara
Gabriel Dell
Sal
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Chavez
Lloyd Gough
Bill Cameron
John Randolph
Los Angeles Mayor
Kip Niven
Walter Russell
Scott Hylands
Asst. Caretaker
Tiger Williams
Corry
Donald Moffat
Dr. Harvey Johnson
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Earthquake Ratings & Reviews
.LAG
May 19, 2025
Straight-to-video fare... if consumer video stores had existed in 1974.
The New Yorker
Pauline Kael
Earthquake is a marathon of destruction effects, with stock characters spinning through.
The Barb (Atlanta)
Steve Warren
Earthquake uses a gimmick, "Sensurround," which makes the theatre seem to tremble during the quake scenes. It's effective and makes about 10 minutes of the picture worth seeing. The rest is crudely-written formula melodrama that wastes an all-star cast.
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
for all the bodies falling and crushed when "the big one" hits, there is never really anything at stake other than whether or not we are convinced by the effects
Solzy at the Movies
Danielle Solzman
The shaker-cam and visual effects are no doubt the best part of the film.
New Pittsburgh Courier
Althea Fonville
The sensurround system has tremendous impact as it greatly facilitates audience participation with what goes on in the film.
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Stefan Birgir Stefans
As is tradition with 70s disaster films, the first hour is a star-studded melodrama, but then that practical effects kick in and you are in business.
Los Angeles Free Press
Jacoba Atlas
Aside from accepting a poorly written script, director Mark Robson has done well with the suspense, building a tension in the first half of the film that can be cut with a knife.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Undeniably dopey yet admittedly entertaining.
TV Guide
Awful disaster movie that combined the worst elements of soap opera with special effects (bad matte paintings and the ridiculous "Sensurround")--featuring an "all-star" cast that should have stayed home and waited for a real earthquake.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
One of those big-budget splashy special effects disaster movies.
Three Movie Buffs
Scott Nash
Not the greatest Disaster movie of the period, but still a fairly entertaining one.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Silly plot, one-dimensional characters, but lots of stars (Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner) and some good, Oscar-winning special effects
Variety
Variety Staff
Mark Robson's Earthquake is an excellent dramatic exploitation extravaganza, combining brilliant special effects with a multi-character plot line which is surprisingly above average for this type film.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...doesn't really hold up all that well today...
Juicy Cerebellum
Alex Sandell
It's a disaster movie. You know what to expect.
New York Times
Nora Sayre
For those who have a soft spot for calamity pictures, there's a sense of ritual cleansing afterward. And for some reason, it also made me hungry.
Greenwich Village Gazette
Eric Lurio
a masterpiece of bad moviemaking.
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