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Rollercoaster
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6.0A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.
Released: 1977-06-10119 minDir: James GoldstoneAction, ThrillerBudget: $9.0MBox office: $8.2M
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Cast
- George Segal as Harry Calder
- Richard Widmark as Agent Hoyt
- Timothy Bottoms as Young Man
- Harry Guardino as Keefer
- Susan Strasberg as Fran
- Henry Fonda as Simon Davenport
Themes
- bomb
- blackmail
- fbi
- investigation
- inspector
- disaster
- terrorism
- amusement park
- roller coaster / rollercoaster
- virginia
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 334345
- Image
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- publication date
- 1982-12-00
- title
- Rollercoaster
- review score
- 53%
- capital cost
- 9000000
- box office
- 8200000
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Categories
1970s action thriller films1970s disaster films1970s mystery films1977 American films1977 crime thriller films1977 English-language films1977 filmsAmerican action thriller filmsAmerican crime thriller filmsAmerican disaster filmsAmerican mystery filmsAmerican neo-noir filmsEnglish-language action thriller filmsEnglish-language crime thriller filmsEnglish-language mystery filmsFilms directed by James GoldstoneFilms scored by Lalo SchifrinFilms set in amusement parksFilms written by Richard Levinson & William LinkIndependence Day (United States) filmsRoller coastersTemplate film date with 1 release dateUniversal Pictures films