Adventures of the Queen is a 1975 American made-for-television drama film starring Robert Stack. It was made as a pilot for a potential TV series but screened as a stand-alone TV movie.
Plot Captain James Morgan and Dr. Peter Brooks on a cruise liner have to deal with various crises, including a hidden bomb, a suicide attempt and J. L. Dundeen, a millionaire.
Cast Robert Stack as Captain James Morgan David Hedison as Dr .Peter Brooks Ralph Bellamy as J. L. Dundeen Bradford Dillman as Martin Reed Sorrell Booke as Robert Dwight Burr DeBenning as Ted Trevor John Randolph as John Howe Ellen Weston as Ann Trevor Linden Chiles as Matthew Evans Sheila Matthews as Claudine Lennart Mills Watson as Jim Greer Frank Marth as Phillips
Production It was the first of three movies Irwin Allen did for TV in the wake of the success of The Towering Inferno, the others being The Swiss Family Robinson and Time Travelers. Each was made through 20th Century Fox for $1 million but was done for different networks. They were all done as pilots for potential TV series.TELEVISION REVIEW: Disaster Master Launches Grand Slam Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 14 Feb 1975: g1.
"I missed television," said Allen. "There's a hysteria and an excitement in television that exists nowhere else in business." Allen called the film "Son of Poseidon Adventure." It was mostly shot on the Queen Mary in Long Beach.Out of Retirement, Into the Movies The Washington Post 29 Dec 1974: F6.
References
External links Adventures of the Queen at IMDb Adventures of the Queen at TCMDB Adventures of the Queen at Irwin Allen