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.
as Fr. Craig Dunleavy
as Harold Columbine
as Insp. Jean-Claude Raffin
as Dr. Chabot
as Georges Sauvinage
as Pres. Aristide Brouchard
as Dr. Archady Clemens
as Peg
as Julian Wunderlicht
as Capt. Charles Girodt
as Jennie Barber
as Lisa
as Max Dechambre
as Herb Kleinfeld
as Louise Crawford
as Helen Wabash
as Harriet Kleinfeld
as Brother Abe
as Brother Paul
as Wendell Cornin
as Carpentier
as Controller
as Skinner
as Bee
as Lester Foyles
as Don Crawford
as Col. Schreiner
as Adm. J. Elton Knox
as Billy
as Terrence Crown
as Althea Broussard
as Keegan
as Brother James
as Brother John
as Brother Thomas
as Brother David
as Brian Joy
as Plessier
as Maggie Joy
as Christian Specht
as Ferret
as Stanford Whitman
as Claude
as Bobo
as Betty
as Mrs. Joy
as Tony
as Tony's Wife
as Fleischman
as Madame Grilley
as Barney
as Otto Laneer
as Barney's Wife
as Plainclothes Detective
as Controller
as Self
as Harry
as Al
as Al's Wife
as Vergnaud
as Pierre Demangeon
as Bradley
as Freuling
as Wilhelm Greitzen
as Blondin
as Brunel
as Devillaine
as Cabanal
as Bonjalet
as Seersucker Suit
as Bert
as Abe Santley
as Hotel Operator
as Comdr. Hewitt
as Farmer
as Wendell Cronin
as Nicos
as Osikawa
as Harris
as Panos
as Panama Hat (uncredited)
as Jake (uncredited)
