It's always a risky venture to give a film a title like Disaster (certain critics, like certain vultures, just can't wait to pounce), but the Pine-Thomas unit at Paramount seldom lost money. The unit's favorite leading man Richard Arlen isn't around this time, so another Richard, Denning by name, is cast as the hero. A fugitive from justice, Denning takes a dangerous job at a construction site. He is threatened with arrest, but all is forgiven when he saves the life of his boss (Will Wright). The rescue takes place in a high-rise building that's been hit by a plane, in emulation of the real-life Empire State Building tragedy of 1945. Trudy Marshall (the mother of current film and TV actress Deborah Raffin) plays the boss' daughter, who's in love with guess-who?
by Hal Erickson
synopsis
- Collapse
- Building
- Redemption
- Love
- Rescue
- Honor [recognition]
- Crash
- Career
- Construction
