Rollercoaster (1977)

PG06/10/1977Action, Thriller1h 59m
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Somewhere in the crowd is a killer who can turn smiles into screams.

Overview

A 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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    George Segal

    Harry Calder

  2. Cast 1

    Richard Widmark

    Agent Hoyt

  3. Cast 1

    Timothy Bottoms

    Young Man

  4. Cast 1

    Harry Guardino

    Keefer

  5. Cast 1

    Susan Strasberg

    Fran

  6. Cast 1

    Henry Fonda

    Simon Davenport

  7. Cast 1

    Helen Hunt

    Tracy Calder

  8. Cast 1

    Dorothy Tristan

    Helen

  9. Harry Davis

    Benny Neilson

Wrong psychological profile, Harry. I'm not in this for kicks. Rollercoaster is directed by James Goldstone and co-adapted to screenplay by Sanford Sheldon, Richard Levinson and William Link from a suggested Tommy Cook story. It stars George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg and Helen Hunt. A Panavision/Technicolor production in Sensurround, it features music by Lalo Schifrin and photography by David M. Walsh. A psychopathic bomber known only as "Young Man" (Bottoms) is causing terror at American theme parks. When safety inspector Harry Calder (Sega...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$9,000,000.00

Revenue $8,200,000.00

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