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1977·Action·1h 59m
7.0
★
A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.
Directed by James Goldstone
bomb
blackmail
fbi
investigation
inspector
disaster
terrorism
amusement park
roller coaster / rollercoaster
virginia
bomb squad
sensurround
YouTube
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IMDB
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Cast

George Segal
George Segal
Harry Calder
Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
Agent Hoyt
Timothy Bottoms
Timothy Bottoms
Young Man
Harry Guardino
Harry Guardino
Keefer
Susan Strasberg
Susan Strasberg
Fran
Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
Simon Davenport
Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt
Tracy Calder
Dorothy Tristan
Dorothy Tristan
Helen
Stephen Pearlman
Stephen Pearlman
Bert Lyons
Wayne Tippit
Wayne Tippit
Police Captain Christie
Michael Bell
Michael Bell
Demerest
Robert Quarry
Robert Quarry
Mayor

Crew

James Goldstone
James Goldstone
Director
Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin
Original Music Composer
Henry Bumstead
Henry Bumstead
Production Design
Tommy Cook
Tommy Cook
Story
Tommy Cook
Tommy Cook
Associate Producer
Bob Herron
Bob Herron
Stunts

Popular Reviews

11 reviews
SamBamChickenAndHam
SamBamChickenAndHam
10.0★ · 03/07/26
Rollercoaster
My boyfriend loves this movie too 

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My boyfriend loves this movie too 

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SamBamChickenAndHam
SamBamChickenAndHam
10.0★ · 11/14/25
Rollercoaster
So much better the second time. What a joy to watch this again
So much better the second time. What a joy to watch this again
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SamBamChickenAndHam
SamBamChickenAndHam
10.0★ · 11/08/25
Rollercoaster
Genuinely a great movie
Genuinely a great movie
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Borna Hrabar
Borna Hrabar
5.0★ · 11/03/25
Rollercoaster
I mean at least it's creative
I mean at least it's creative
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lilly
lilly
5.0★ · 10/05/25
Rollercoaster
11th Letterboxd Season Challenge
Week 5: This Is a Disaster Week

a good enough rollercoaster thriller. it’s an interesting idea, having a terrorist plant a bomb on a rollercoaster and having the maintenance guy, of all people, chasing after him.

i enjoyed the juxtaposition with the general joy of theme parks and the seriousness of both bottoms’ and segal’s characters and their situations.

just wish the characters were fleshed out a bit more. would have loved to have known why bottoms’ character did what he did. there were some good lines, though.
11th Letterboxd Season Challenge
Week 5: This Is a Disaster Week

a good enough rollercoaster thriller. it’s an interesting idea, having a terrorist plant a bomb on a rollercoaster and having the maintenance guy, of all people, chasing after him.

i enjoyed the juxtaposition with the general joy of theme parks and the seriousness of both bottoms’ and segal’s characters and their situations.

just wish the characters were fleshed out a bit more. would have loved to have known why bottoms’ character did what he did. there were some good lines, though.
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