# Does anyone remember this weird TV movie, possibly 1970s? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 18, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441 "2022-10-18T15:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/1 "2022-10-18T15:52:51Z")
I’m trying to track down a TV movie, from the 1970s or thereabouts, looking back the plot seems so improbable that I’ve been thinking I must have dreamed it! Anyway – a deep sea project is trying to find the wreck of a liner that went down many years ago (1920s?) and when they find it, they find it is still airtight and there are people living in it. They have found a way of replenishing their air (from plants presumably) and food. They have a very autocratic society with the elderly crew officers in control, who are very hostile to the newcomers. Does this ring a bell with anyone? I had the idea that Vincent Price was in it but looking on IMDB I can’t find anything that matches. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/2 "2022-10-18T15:54:15Z")
You didn’t dream it. It had Christopher Lee in it, not Vincent Price. Wrong horror movie actor. > **[Goliath Awaits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_Awaits)** > > Goliath Awaits is a 1981 American made-for-television action adventure science fiction thriller film originally broadcast in two parts in November 1981 on various stations as a part of Operation Prime Time's syndicated programming. It is about an ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1939 whose wreck is discovered in 1981, with over 300 survivors and their descendants living in an air bubble inside the ship. > On September 4, 1939, the British ocean liner RMS Goliath, carrying 1,860 passengers, i... ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/3 "2022-10-18T16:00:05Z")
I remember one scene: The “greenhouse” had parakeets flying around. Then one of the “discoverers” is feted at a dinner and is served a “fricasseed micro chicken”. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/4 "2022-10-18T16:39:25Z")
Thanks, that’s it! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/5 "2022-10-18T18:18:00Z")
> [@Eclipse\_Chaser](#): > > …the plot seems so improbable… Eh, it could happen! ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/6 "2022-10-18T18:50:06Z")
Someone has posted all 3 hours 11 min. of it on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/7 "2022-10-18T19:26:52Z")
Was it that long? It didn’t seem so… I watched it from…somewhere. TCM? I’m a sucker for Titanic-inspired movies. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/8 "2022-10-18T20:39:57Z")
[Goliath Awaits (1981) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzrAPnXUmY) ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/9 "2022-10-20T17:14:46Z")
I watched it last night. It was indeed weird, but I was surprised at how much I remembered! ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/10 "2022-10-20T20:28:35Z")
This sort of thing is right up my alley. What a cast! Fallon from _Dynasty_, Cliff from _Cheers_, the vacuum cleaner guy from _Breaking Bad_! Thanks for the Youtube link – it’s otherwise only available as a VHS tape for like $130. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/11 "2022-10-21T04:00:43Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > This sort of thing is right up my alley. Checks out with your User name… ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/12 "2022-10-21T04:06:16Z")
I remember that! There was a terrific storm that night, and I had just moved into a little flat and was cooking bbq ribs in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/13 "2022-10-21T08:11:11Z")
And Frank Gorshin from the original Batman series, if your memory goes back that far! He was in a Star Trek TOS as well. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/14 "2022-10-21T08:24:12Z")
Wow! I remember watching this! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/15 "2022-10-21T08:39:03Z")
Me too. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/16 "2022-10-21T09:47:23Z")
Jean Marsh, from Doctor Who and Upstairs Downstairs. What a curious story. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/17 "2022-10-22T20:56:18Z")
I watched it yesterday. It was entertaining, but very different from something that would be made today. Aside from the slower pacing the most noticeable part was that the authorities were unambiguously good, genuinely worked to rescue everyone, and were upfront with the media (except for the diplomatic pouch). Also it was made for network TV so it they immediately cremated the dead: what a waste of food and fertilizer. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/18 "2022-10-23T16:52:06Z")
I think I saw it as a kid; I’d have been 11 or so at the time. It’s one of two made-for-TV movies that I vaguely remember as being fairly horrifying to a tween at the time, but that are kind of silly now that I read about them as an adult. For some reason this one spooked me good as a kid. The other was some kind of thriller about a supersonic transport airliner that somehow launched itself into space by mistake, and how NASA, etc… rescue the passengers, etc… I think that movie was a couple of years earlier when I was 9 (1981), because I watched it later in the evening on the day when I’d broken my ankle, and I was 9 when I did that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/19 "2022-10-23T17:05:09Z")
Sounds like [_Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starflight:_The_Plane_That_Couldn%27t_Land). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441/20 "2022-10-23T17:11:46Z")
Oh gawd! The film where the shuttle was used to rescue the plane, in an east-west orbit, and flying the shuttle twice in one day! _Goliath Awaits_ is a documentary compared to that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-weird-tv-movie-possibly-1970s/973441.md?page=2)