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📊 Series Specifications
Network ABC
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 3
Original Language EN
Creator Douglas Heyes
The French Atlantic Affair (1979)
Created by Douglas Heyes
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
When the SS Festivale sets sail from New York to France, its 3,000 passengers include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harold Columbine and 146 members of the Church of the Cosmic Path, led by Father Craig Dunleavy, their charismatic messiah. Seizing control of the ship, Dunleavy demands $70 million in gold, intending to kill everyone onboard once it's paid. Without knowing which passengers are cultists and warned that 12 will die for every hijacker harmed, Columbine and the captain search for a way to save 3,000 lives before Dunleavy makes good on his threat. Based on a novel by screenwriter Ernest Lehman, this mini-series was broadcast over three nights in November 1979.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (Miniseries)
3 Episodes E1 Episode 1
Part 1 of a three-part miniseries about the hijacking of a luxury liner by cultists who demand a $70-million ransom.
E2 Episode 2
The murder of 12 passengers sparks desperate attempts to save the hijacked ocean liner.
E3 Episode 3
A sophisticated computer, timed explosives and an unexpected double-cross figure into the conclusion.