
Construction Engineer Stuart Graff is estranged from his jealously possessive wife, Remy, and has an affair with Denise Marshall, the widow of a co-worker. Meanwhile, Remy tries to persuade her father, Sam Royce, who is Stuart's employer, to use his influence to stop Stuart from seeing Denise. Rogue policeman Lew Slade is suspended from the L.A.P.D. for having punched an obtuse officer from another jurisdiction. Embittered, Slade contemplates quitting the police force. Jody, ... (Full plot summary below)
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Construction Engineer Stuart Graff is estranged from his jealously possessive wife, Remy, and has an affair with Denise Marshall, the widow of a co-worker. Meanwhile, Remy tries to persuade her father, Sam Royce, who is Stuart's employer, to use his influence to stop Stuart from seeing Denise. Rogue policeman Lew Slade is suspended from the L.A.P.D. for having punched an obtuse officer from another jurisdiction. Embittered, Slade contemplates quitting the police force. Jody, a perverted grocery store manager, lusts after Rosa Amici, sister of Sal, the assistant to Miles Quade, an aspiring daredevil motor cyclist. The lives of all these people are devastated when a major earthquake rips through Los Angeles and reduces the city to ruins.
Leave your thoughts about Earthquake.
| Radio TimesAlan JonesRegisters an eight on the entertainment Richter scale. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevySilly plot, one-dimensional characters, but lots of stars (Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner) and some good, Oscar-winning special effects |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashNot the greatest Disaster movie of the period, but still a fairly entertaining one. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzOne of those big-budget splashy special effects disaster movies. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelFlat, generally laughable hokum, and the film ends up nowhere near as interesting a comment on the psychological aspects of disaster as Juggernaut. |
| VarietyVariety StaffMark Robson's Earthquake is an excellent dramatic exploitation extravaganza, combining brilliant special effects with a multi-character plot line which is surprisingly above average for this type film. |
| Time OutDavid ParkinsonThe special effects are of a high order as Los Angeles is razed, so it is unfortunate that the same intelligent attention is not extended to either script or direction. |
| New York TimesNora SayreFor those who have a soft spot for calamity pictures, there's a sense of ritual cleansing afterward. And for some reason, it also made me hungry. |
| User ReviewMiguel SSomething that characterizes the movie is Hestons appearance which made the movie famous. |
| User ReviewKeith RLove the theatrical drama of these 1970's disaster movies!! |