![]() ![]() Rogo makes an attempt to save him, but the shaft explodes and forces him to abandon Acres. Suddenly, the ship rocks from another series of explosions and Acres falls into the churning water and is lost. They make it into the funnel and began to climb up with Acres above them. Rogo had been instructed to look after everybody but, just as Martin and Nonnie climb into the hole, water begins to fill the corridor. Temporarily safe, Scott leads them to an access tunnel. Just then, water floods the staircase and the now-panicked survivors race to the tunnel. Scott undogs the opening and returns for Linda, Martin and Nonnie. Acres suggests an access tunnel to the funnel shaft. While Rogo pulls the others up, Scott and Acres go ahead and find the only exit to 'Broadway' (the main passageway of the ship) is blocked. Scott climbs the ramped underside of the stairs first and he and Martin use a salvaged firehose to pull Rogo and Acres up. Scott enters the incinerated kitchen to investigate, returns, and the survivors pick their way through to a staircase on the other side. Acres and Scott find the galley, but a warning light is on and the fire door, hot to the touch, has been shut. Scott, the last to leave, sadly closes the kitchen doors on the desperation below. The survivors left behind rush to the Christmas tree, but the weight of everyone trying to climb at once pulls it over into the rising water. Just after the small group reaches the galley, there is a series of explosions and seawater begins to flood the ballroom. Scott tries to convince more passengers to join his group, but all remain where they are in hopes of rescue. The group need something to climb up to Acres, so they eventually agree to use the Christmas tree as a makeshift ladder. After some more talking and discussing, Manny, Belle, Mike, Linda, Nonnie, Susan, Robin, Acres, and Martin reluctantly agree to go with Scott. Robin confirms this, telling the group that the steel plating near the aft propeller shaft is just one inch thick. Scott seizes on this, saying that rescue will be found 'upwards', at the outer hull, which is now above water. Acres, an injured waiter, is trapped at the galley door now high above them. Scott assembles a team to hold a tablecloth that will cushion her fall and coaxes Susan to jump to safety. Robin looks for his sister, who has ended up under a table attached to what is now the ceiling. ![]() After the capsized derelict steadies, the surviving passengers and crew in the dining room take stock of their predicament. The ship rolls over, killing and injuring most of the people on board. The wave hits the bridge, drowning Harrison, Linarcos and other ship's officers. He immediately issues a mayday, but it is already too late. Harrison receives word from the lookout that there is a huge wave heading towards them. Captain Harrison is called back to the bridge because of an emergency report of an undersea earthquake near Crete. That evening, New Year's Eve, everybody gathers in the dining room to celebrate. The ship's singer, Nonnie Parry (Carol Lynley) rehearses for the New Year celebration with her band, which includes her brother Teddy on drums. Haberdasher James Martin (Red Buttons) is a love-shy, health-conscious bachelor. Retired hardware store owner Manny Rosen (Jack Albertson) and his wife Belle (Shelley Winters) are going to Israel to meet their two-year-old grandson for the first time. Robin is interested in how the ship works and frequently visits the engine room. Susan Shelby (Pamela Sue Martin) and her younger brother Robin (Eric Shea) are traveling to meet their parents. Reverend Frank Scott (Gene Hackman), a priest questioning his faith, delivers an unnerving sermon at Sunday service. Meanwhile, Detective Lieutenant Mike Rogo (Ernest Borgnine) and his ex-prostitute wife Linda (Stella Stevens)-seasick, like much of the passengers-receive an invitation to the captain's table. On the bridge, company representative Linarcos (Fred Sadoff) orders the ship's master, Captain Harrison (Leslie Nielsen), to empty ballast and proceed at full speed, against the Captain's better judgement. The SS Poseidon, a trans-Atlantic passenger steamship slated for retirement, is making its way across the Atlantic from New York City to Athens on its last voyage.
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