''Cruise Into Terror'' is a 1978 American
made-for-television horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
directed by
Bruce Kessler. The film originally premiered February 3, 1978 on
ABC.
The all-star supporting cast features (in alphabetical order)
Dirk Benedict
Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner; March 1, 1945) is an American film, television and stage actor, philosopher and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Starbuck in the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' film and telev ...
,
Frank Converse,
John Forsythe,
Christopher George,
Lynda Day George,
Lee Meriwether,
Ray Milland
Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. He is remembered for his Academy Award and Cannes Film Festival Award-winning ...
,
Hugh O'Brian,
Stella Stevens,
Roger E. Mosley, and
Marshall Thompson.
Plot
A commercial pleasure ship, cruising near the Gulf of Mexico, brings aboard a sunken Egyptian sarcophagus which contains the son of Satan.
Cast
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Dirk Benedict
Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner; March 1, 1945) is an American film, television and stage actor, philosopher and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Starbuck in the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' film and telev ...
as Simon Mclane
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Frank Converse as Matt Lazarus
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John Forsythe as Reverend Charles Mather
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Christopher George as Neal Barry
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Lynda Day George as Sandra Barry
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Jo Ann Harris as Judy Haines
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Lee Meriwether as Lil Mather
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Ray Milland
Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. He is remembered for his Academy Award and Cannes Film Festival Award-winning ...
as Dr. Isiah Bakkun
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Hugh O'Brian as Captain Andrews
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Stella Stevens as Marilyn Magnesun
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Roger E. Mosley as Nathan
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Marshall Thompson as Bennett
References
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1978 television films
1978 films
1978 horror films
ABC network original films
American horror television films
American supernatural horror films
Films set on ships
Films set in the Caribbean
Films produced by Aaron Spelling
1970s supernatural horror films
Films directed by Bruce Kessler
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
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