ActionAdventureDrama

Avalanche

- Six million tons of icy terror!

After an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort, a holiday at a winter wonderland turns into a game of survival for a group of vacationers.

Release Date : 1978-09-29

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New World Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : David Shelby

Original Name : Rock Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caroline Brace

Original Name : Mia Farrow

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nick Thorne

Original Name : Robert Forster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Florence Shelby

Original Name : Jeanette Nolan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bruce Scott

Original Name : Rick Moses

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry McDade

Original Name : Steve Franken

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mark Elliott

Original Name : Barry Primus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tina Elliott

Original Name : Cathey Paine

Gender : Female

Character Name : Phil Prentiss

Original Name : Jerry Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leo the Coach

Original Name : Antony Carbone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Annette River

Original Name : Peggy Browne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cathy Jordan

Original Name : Pat Egan

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Director

Original Name : Joby Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marty Brenner

Original Name : X Brands

Gender : Male

Character Name : Susan Maxwell

Original Name : Cindy Luedke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ed the Pilot

Original Name : John Cathey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bruce's Coach

Original Name : Angelo Lamonea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Skier (uncredited)

Original Name : Jessica Biscardi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jimmy the Forest Ranger (uncredited)

Original Name : Damon Charles

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-28

🎵"Have you heard about dear Blanche? Got caught up in an..."🎵! Well all I can say is lucky old Blanche! Somehow there is something almost allegorical about the avalanche in the film and the career of a star that is also tumbling down the mountain. Rock Hudson is millionaire "Shelby" who has invested his last cent in a mountain retreat that he hopes will offer a wonderland of facilities to his guests. Needless to say, he invites the great and the good to the opening and that includes his mother (Jeanette Nolan); "Caroline" (Mia Farrow) and the rather more wary "Nick" (Robert Forster) who suspects that the construction clearing has left the place rather more vulnerable to the elements than he would have liked. Well guess what? He's right - else we'd not have had a movie. Now that might have been no bad thing as we spend about eighty minutes building up to what is, admittedly, not a bad five minutes of nature saying "I've has enough of this"... The pace is all over the place, Mia Farrow contributes almost zero to the thing and the polo-neck clad star looks totally out of sorts with a mediocre script and a plot that the title rather gives away. I suppose it was a disaster movie waiting to happen, but this is completely devoid of any sense of menace and ends rather as a damp squib. It's rated 15... Perhaps that's the maximum IQ required to watch? Some classy, chilly, photography but otherwise I wouldn't bother, sorry.