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Cast
Charles Bronson
as Self - Host
Jill Ireland
as Self - Host
Henrik Kurt Carlsen
as Self - Captain, Flying Enterprise
Venus Dergan
as Self - Eyewitness Mount St Helen's Eruption
Daryl Wayne Grigg
as Self - Eyewitness Teton Dam Broke
Paul Jenkins
as Self - Reporter KID-TV Teton Dam Broke
Herbert Morrison
as Self - Announcer Witnessing Hindenburg Zeppelin Disaster
Roald Reitan Jr.
as Self - Eyewitness Mount St Helen's Eruption
Joseph Späh
as Self - Hindenburg Zeppelin Passenger
Harry S. Truman
as Self - President of the USA (archive footage)
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1980
Runtime0h 49m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary, TV Movie
Votes1
DirectorDan Gingold
WritersParkin Mellors, Yma Courbash, Deborah Blum
TypeFeature Film
Rating8.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsCatastrophe: No Safe Place
About Catastrophe: No Safe Place
Catastrophe-No Safe Place is a 1980's documentary series presented by Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland presenting different catastrophic events around the world. But they dug into the events leading up to the event whether it was a bad location or engineering mistakes or unauthorized modifications made by the contractors who built the thing, to seismic or volcanic events.
Directed by Dan Gingold, Catastrophe: No Safe Place leans on a strong ensemble — Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Henrik Kurt Carlsen — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 1980.
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