There are awful disaster movies from the seventies. Motion-picture-wise, "Earthquake" and "Airport '75" are held as the two worst.
On Tv, there would be "Fire!" and "Flood!" during the seventies, as well as "The Night the Bridge Fell Down" and "Hanging By A Thread".
Then there was this atrocity from the early eighties, AFTER Airplane! was lampooning the genre in theatres.
About the only cliche missing here was a dog.
Dennis Cole was the hero ranger, Susan Sullivan his woman, Leslie Neilsen the disillusioned scientist or teacher who had his supportive wife, Ray Milland was the old man who had interferred in his daughter's life and she found the all-telling letter in an envelope when he took off his jacket to swim through a cavern.
James Olsen was the criminal who was on the lam.
There was the usual dangers, almost like a game or something. The underwater swim, oh no! -- Susan has her foot caught, how will she get free in the water?
The so-called 'trapped foot' bit was cute as it seemed to be a few rocks were suddenly covering her foot.
After they had gotten almost out, Olsen makes his move. It seems the characters hadn't bonded well after this experience after all.
So now they depart, Sullivan and Cole happily ever after, Neilsen and the missus happily ever after (ready to give it one more try!) and Milland rejected by his daughter who has learned "the truth!".
The Cave In changed their lives, it seems.
It watches like Airplane without the jokes actually.
On Tv, there would be "Fire!" and "Flood!" during the seventies, as well as "The Night the Bridge Fell Down" and "Hanging By A Thread".
Then there was this atrocity from the early eighties, AFTER Airplane! was lampooning the genre in theatres.
About the only cliche missing here was a dog.
Dennis Cole was the hero ranger, Susan Sullivan his woman, Leslie Neilsen the disillusioned scientist or teacher who had his supportive wife, Ray Milland was the old man who had interferred in his daughter's life and she found the all-telling letter in an envelope when he took off his jacket to swim through a cavern.
James Olsen was the criminal who was on the lam.
There was the usual dangers, almost like a game or something. The underwater swim, oh no! -- Susan has her foot caught, how will she get free in the water?
The so-called 'trapped foot' bit was cute as it seemed to be a few rocks were suddenly covering her foot.
After they had gotten almost out, Olsen makes his move. It seems the characters hadn't bonded well after this experience after all.
So now they depart, Sullivan and Cole happily ever after, Neilsen and the missus happily ever after (ready to give it one more try!) and Milland rejected by his daughter who has learned "the truth!".
The Cave In changed their lives, it seems.
It watches like Airplane without the jokes actually.