The French Atlantic Affair

Overview

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.

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