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The Night the Bridge Fell Down
The Night the Bridge Fell Down
(1983)
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Synopsis:
Movies' "disaster master", Irwin Allen, was the man behind this adventure yarn that strands a group of motorists and fleeing bank robber, Desi Arnaz, Jr., and his girlfriend, Char Fontane, on a bridge that is collapsing because of shifting sands near the pylons. Its unique history is more interesting than its premise: made in 1979 as a two-part four-hour film called "The Night the Bridge Collapsed", it was set to premiere in early January 1980. Pulled from the schedule at the last minute, it was given its first showing in this form in Australia several months later. Subsequently cut to three hours as a single-part film, it was re-scheduled for a mid-October 1980 showing but was pre-empted by the World Series. It then went into limbo until finally being dragged off the shelf for its ultimate U.S. premiere in early 1983. Its star, James MacArthur, hot off "Hawaii Five-0", at the time the film was shot long had been in semi-retirement from acting.
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Cast
Name
Credits
James MacArthur
Cal Miller
Desi Arnaz Jr
Johnny Pyle
Char Fontane
Dee
Richard Gilliland
Harvey Lewis
Leslie Nielsen
Paul Warren
Eve Plumb
Terry Kelly
Barbara Rush
Elaine Howard
Gregory Sierra
Diego Ramirez
Colleen Davis
Judy
Steven Marlo
Grogan
Philip Baker Hall
Warren Meech
Ted Gehring
Police Chief
Larry Pennell
Chief Barrett
Marlina Vega
Isabel
Susan Lanier
Joseph Della Sorte
Peg Stewart
Buck Young
Company
Name
Credits
Irwin Allen Productions
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Production Company
Writers
Name
Credits
Michael Robert David
Screenplay
Ray Goldstone
Screenplay
Alvin Boretz
Screenplay
Arthur Weiss
Screenplay
Producers
Name
Credits
Irwin Allen
Producer
Directors
Name
Credits
Georg Fenady
Director
Editor
Name
Credits
Axel Hubert
Editor
Camera, Film & Tape
Name
Credits
John M Nicholaus
Director of Photography