Directed by:
James GoldstoneCinematography:
David M. WalshComposer:
Lalo SchifrinCast:
George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg, Helen Hunt, Dorothy Tristan, Harry Davis, Arthur Peterson (more)Plots(1)
Thrills abound in this high-speed suspense yarn as a determined terrorist (Timothy Bottoms) begins to turn America's amusement parks into battlefields. The tension mounts as affable safety inspector Harry Calder (George Segal) attempts to track down the saboteur who has targeted the country's most popular rollercoaster and its riders for senseless destruction. The edge-of-the-seat excitement mounts as the battle of wits between Calder and the terrorist builds to an explosive climax. (101 Films)
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A more than honest thriller with a dash of the disaster genre. It all begins with a superb roller-coaster crash scene, continues with a relentless search driven forward by a duel between the admirably sympathetic George Segal and the dangerously "ordinary" psychopath Timothy Bottoms, and ends with a gripping, literally breathtaking finale. I have a great fondness for these types of films... Rollercoaster is almost comparable to, say, Black Sunday, one of the best representatives of the genre.
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