The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
Drama · Action · TV Movie
Overview
After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."
Cast
- Joanna Kerns as Dr. Clare Winslow
- Dan Lauria as Steve Winslow
- Bonnie Bartlett as Anita Parker
- Lindsay Frost as Laurie Parker
- Alan Autry as Matt
- Joe Spano as Chad Spaulding
- Holly Fields as Heather Winslow
- Brock Peters as David Motubu
- Stephen Elliott as Owen
- Robert Ginty as Warren Cates