The French Atlantic Affair

The French Atlantic Affair (1979)

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.

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  • First Air Date: 1979-11-15
  • Last Air Date: 1979-11-18
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 3
  • Episode Runtime: 278 min.
  • Network: ABC
  • Director: Douglas Heyes
  • Creator: Douglas Heyes

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Seasons

  • Season 1

    3 Episodes

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Cast

  • Telly Savalas

    Fr. Craig Dunleavy

  • Chad Everett

    Harold Columbine

  • Jean-Pierre Aumont

    Insp. Jean-Claude Raffin

  • Horst Buchholz

    Dr. Chabot

  • James Coco

    Georges Sauvinage

  • José Ferrer

    Pres. Aristide Brouchard

  • John Houseman

    Dr. Archady Clemens

  • Carolyn Jones

    Peg

  • Richard Jordan

    Julian Wunderlicht

  • Louis Jourdan

    Capt. Charles Girodt

  • Michelle Phillips

    Jennie Barber

  • Marie-France Pisier

    Lisa

  • Donald Pleasence

    Max Dechambre

  • John Rubinstein

    Herb Kleinfeld

  • Stella Stevens

    Louise Crawford

  • Shelley Winters

    Helen Wabash

  • Rebecca Balding

    Harriet Kleinfeld

  • Dan O'Brien

    Brother Abe

  • Martin Costi

    Brother Paul

  • Mark Gorman

    Wendell Cornin

  • Alain Chappuis

    Carpentier

  • Don Parker

    Controller

  • Sandy Silverthorne

    Skinner

  • Patricia Barry

    Bee

  • Lance LeGault

    Lester Foyles

  • William Lucking

    Don Crawford

  • Nehemiah Persoff

    Col. Schreiner

  • Dane Clark

    Adm. J. Elton Knox

  • Dennis Dimster

    Billy

  • Richard Anderson

    Terrence Crown

  • Corinne Calvet

    Althea Broussard

  • Lee de Broux

    Keegan

  • Doug Heyes, Jr.

    Brother James

  • John Fitzpatrick

    Brother John

  • Michael Carr

    Brother Thomas

  • John Shearin

    Brother David

  • Dennis Howard

    Brian Joy

  • Harvey Jason

    Plessier

  • Dana Hill

    Maggie Joy

  • Bruce French

    Christian Specht

  • Jean-Paul Vignon

    Ferret

  • Army Archerd

    Stanford Whitman

  • Paul Verdier

    Claude

  • Pete Schrum

    Bobo

  • Deborah Benson

    Betty

  • Melissa Converse

    Mrs. Joy

  • Francis X. McCarthy

    Tony

  • Ellen Blake

    Tony's Wife

  • Duane Grey

    Fleischman

  • Jacqueline Beer

    Madame Grilley

  • Kenneth White

    Barney

  • Peter Mamakos

    Otto Laneer

  • Gwen Van Dam

    Barney's Wife

  • Erik Holland

    Plainclothes Detective

  • John Parr

    Controller

  • Jerry Dunphy

    Self

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    Harry

  • James Jeter

    Al

  • Edith Fields

    Al's Wife

  • Louis de Farra

    Vergnaud

  • Roger Etienne

    Pierre Demangeon

  • André Landzaat

  • Roberta Storm

  • Michael Currie

  • Stanley Grover

    Bradley

  • Todd Martin

    Freuling

  • Curt Lowens

    Wilhelm Greitzen

  • Philippe Léotard

    Blondin

  • Maurice Marsac

    Brunel

  • Roger Til

    Devillaine

  • Billy Beck

    Cabanal

  • Sandy Ignon

    Bonjalet

  • Peter Brandon

    Seersucker Suit

  • Lewis Charles

    Bert

  • Ted Danson

    Abe Santley

  • Arielle Dombasle

    Hotel Operator

  • Michael Fairman

    Comdr. Hewitt

  • Jean-François Ferreol

    Farmer

  • Patrick Gorman

    Wendell Cronin

  • George Keymas

    Nicos

  • Lloyd Kino

    Osikawa

  • Rod Loomis

    Harris

  • Ion Teodorescu

    Panos

  • Paul Picerni

    Panama Hat (uncredited)

  • G.W. Bailey

    Jake (uncredited)

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