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When Time Ran Out...

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Paul Newman

Jacqueline Bisset

William Holden

James Franciscus

Ernest Borgnine

Edward Albert

Red Buttons

Barbara Carrera

Valentina Cortese

Veronica Hamel

Burgess Meredith

John Considine

Sheila Allen

Pat Morita

Lonny Chapman

Darrell Larson

Glynn Rubin

Barbara Costello

Alex Karras

James Goldstone

Carl Foreman

Stirling Silliphant

Irwin Allen

Lalo Schifrin

Jack Baur

Russell C. Menzer

Chuck Crafts

Rick Alexander

Fred J. Koenekamp

Freeman A. Davies

Edward A. Biery

Stuart A. Reiss

Philip M. Jefferies

Michael Germain

Paul Zastupnevich

Jane English

Leo Lotito Jr.

Lee Crawford

Darby Hoppin

Vern Poore

Ed Scheid

Andy MacDonald

Gene Stout

Gary McLarty

M. James Arnett

Bobby Bass

Janet Brady

Stan Barrett

Justin De Rosa

Gary Epper

Donna Garrett

Alan Gibbs

Tommy J. Huff

Roger Ito

Tom Lupo

Beth Nufer

Regina Parton

Jonathan Pendragon

Danny Rogers

Jan Michael Shultz

Ron Stein

Charles A. Tamburro

Fred Waugh

Glory Fioramonti

Sherry Peterson

Felix Silla

R.A. MacDonald

Joseph A. Unsinn

Kevin Pike

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When the venal “Spangler” (James Franciscus) teams up with millionaire “Shelby” (William Holden) to build a luxury resort on a island, he also sees an opportunity to engage oil prospector “Hank” (Paul Newman) to see if he can also guild their lily with a gusher or two. Believe it or not, they strike it lucky - but this experienced driller is concerned that the pressure readings are off the scale and that an adjacent volcano might soon be about to make it’s presence felt. To add the fourth wheel to the shopping trolley of a film, we have “Kay” (Jacqueline Bisset) who has previously had a relationship with “Hank” that is barely less smouldering that the would-be Mount Etna on their tropical island. Now Irwin Allen did produce some of the most memorable disaster movies, but here he seems to have decided to assemble an admittedly decent A-list cast and then just throw the story under the lava. Indeed, in many ways this just reminded me of “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972) with Burgess Meredith, Eddie Albert, a frankly dreadful effort from Red Buttons and Valentina Cortese doing her best impersonation of Shelley Winters from that maritime adventure - all looking for some sort of holiday in the sun with a payday at the end. Some of the volcanic visuals are quite impressive, and there is one scene where Meredith and Newman do manage to create just an hint of suspense, but otherwise despite it’s enormous heat it is all completely undercooked. This genre had served it’s purpose by now and this one just hastened it’s cremation. 

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