The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)

6.7/10 180 min 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

Dr. Clare Winslow

Dan Lauria

Steve Winslow

Bonnie Bartlett

Anita Parker

Lindsay Frost

Laurie Parker

Alan Autry

Matt

Joe Spano

Chad Spaulding

Holly Fields

Heather Winslow

Brock Peters

David Motubu

Stephen Elliott

Owen

Robert Ginty

Warren Cates

Clarence Gilyard Jr.

Roy Bryant

Silvana Gallardo

Sonia

Michael T. Weiss

Larry, the Mayor's City Official Aide

Charles Siebert

Mayor Frank Baldwin

Richard Herd

Ray Goodrich

J. Kenneth Campbell

Todd Harris

Richard Masur

Kevin Conrad

Ed Begley Jr.

Jerry Soloway

Kasi Lemmons

Melanie Bryant

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