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* JustTrainWrong: The conductor would surely know that disconnecting the brake pipe anywhere along the train would stop it.
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''Disaster on the Coastliner'' is a 1979 American [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] action thriller film written by David Ambrose and directed by Richard C. Sarafian. It originally aired October 28, 1979 on Creator/{{ABC}}.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Con man Stuart Peters (Creator/WilliamShatner) carries his money in the same briefcase he uses to carry disguises.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Con man Stuart Peters (Creator/WilliamShatner) (William Shatner) carries his money in the same briefcase he uses to carry disguises.
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* NonIndicativeName: While the title might lead you to expect this to be a DisasterMovie, it really isn't one. If anything, it's a Disaster ''Aversion'' Movie.
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''Disaster on the Coastliner'' is a 1979 American made-for-TV action movie written by David Ambrose and directed by Richard C. Sarafian.
The airlines are on strike, so the vice president's wife is taking the southbound train from UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Secret Service agent Al Mitchell (Creator/LloydBridges) is concerned about a collision with the northbound train from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, which runs on the same track, but programmer Roy Snyder (Creator/EGMarshall) assures him he has nothing to worry about, as the computer that controls all the trains will ensure that the southbound train switches tracks before it gets close to the northbound train. However, Jim Waterman (Creator/PaulLSmith), who lost his wife and child in a previous derailment, wants revenge. He reprograms the computer to keep the trains on the same track, then hijacks the northbound train to prevent the error from being corrected.
The airlines are on strike, so the vice president's wife is taking the southbound train from UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Secret Service agent Al Mitchell (Creator/LloydBridges) is concerned about a collision with the northbound train from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, which runs on the same track, but programmer Roy Snyder (Creator/EGMarshall) assures him he has nothing to worry about, as the computer that controls all the trains will ensure that the southbound train switches tracks before it gets close to the northbound train. However, Jim Waterman (Creator/PaulLSmith), who lost his wife and child in a previous derailment, wants revenge. He reprograms the computer to keep the trains on the same track, then hijacks the northbound train to prevent the error from being corrected.
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''Disaster on the Coastliner'' is a 1979 American made-for-TV action movie MadeForTVMovie written by David Ambrose and directed by Richard C. Sarafian.
Sarafian. It originally aired October 28, 1979 on Creator/{{ABC}}.
The airlines are on strike, so thevice president's Vice President's wife is taking the southbound train from UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Secret Service agent Al Mitchell (Creator/LloydBridges) is concerned about a collision with the northbound train from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, which runs on the same track, but programmer Roy Snyder (Creator/EGMarshall) assures him he has nothing to worry about, as the computer that controls all the trains will ensure that the southbound train switches tracks before it gets close to the northbound train. However, Jim Waterman (Creator/PaulLSmith), who lost his wife and child in a previous derailment, wants revenge. He reprograms the computer to keep the trains on the same track, then hijacks the northbound train to prevent the error from being corrected.
The airlines are on strike, so the
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* AndStarring: "Starring Creator/LloydBridges, Creator/RaymondBurr, Robert Fuller, Pat Hingle, E. G. Marshall, Yvette Mimieux, Creator/WilliamShatner, Paul L. Smith, co-starring Arthur Malet, Harry Caesar, Jacque Lynn Colton, Lane Smith, Creator/SandyMcPeak, Virginia Kiser, Rockne Tarkington, Michael Pataki, Creator/PeterJason, and Peter [=MacLean=]." The end credits continue with "co-starring" again and "featuring."
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* AndStarring: "Starring Creator/LloydBridges, Creator/RaymondBurr, Robert Fuller, Pat Hingle, E. G. Marshall, Yvette Mimieux, Creator/RobertFuller, Creator/PatHingle, Creator/EGMarshall, Creator/YvetteMimieux, Creator/WilliamShatner, Paul L. Smith, Creator/PaulLSmith; co-starring Arthur Malet, Harry Caesar, Jacque Lynn Colton, Lane Smith, Creator/LaneSmith, Creator/SandyMcPeak, Virginia Kiser, Rockne Tarkington, Michael Pataki, Creator/PeterJason, and Peter [=MacLean=]." The end credits continue with "co-starring" again and "featuring."
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* AndStarring: "Starring Creator/LloydBridges, Creator/RaymondBurr, Robert Fuller, Pat Hingle, E. G. Marshall, Yvette Mimieux, Creator/WilliamShatner, Paul L. Smith, co-starring Arthur Malet, Harry Caesar, Jacque Lynn Colton, Lane Smith, Sandy [=McPeak=], Virginia Kiser, Rockne Tarkington, Michael Pataki, Creator/PeterJason, and Peter [=MacLean=]." The end credits continue with "co-starring" again and "featuring."
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* AndStarring: "Starring Creator/LloydBridges, Creator/RaymondBurr, Robert Fuller, Pat Hingle, E. G. Marshall, Yvette Mimieux, Creator/WilliamShatner, Paul L. Smith, co-starring Arthur Malet, Harry Caesar, Jacque Lynn Colton, Lane Smith, Sandy [=McPeak=], Creator/SandyMcPeak, Virginia Kiser, Rockne Tarkington, Michael Pataki, Creator/PeterJason, and Peter [=MacLean=]." The end credits continue with "co-starring" again and "featuring."
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* SimpleSolutionWontWork: After it's discovered that the BigBad hacked the computer that manages the trainway routes so two trains (one of which has the Vice President's wife) will collide (and furthermore he has hijacked one of them to make sure), Secret Service agent Al Mitchell (TheHero) immediately tells the computer's programmer that they should just shoot the computer, but the programmer tells Mitchell that destroying the computer would just make all of the train tracks in the line go haywire and cause hundreds of train crashes.
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The airlines are on strike, so the vice president's wife is taking the southbound train from UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Secret Service agent Al Mitchell (Creator/LloydBridges) is concerned about a collision with the northbound train from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, which runs on the same track, but programmer Roy Snyder (E. G. Marshall) assures him he has nothing to worry about, as the computer that controls all the trains will ensure that the southbound train switches tracks before it gets close to the northbound train. However, Jim Waterman (Paul L. Smith), who lost his wife and child in a previous derailment, wants revenge. He reprograms the computer to keep the trains on the same track, then hijacks the northbound train to prevent the error from being corrected.
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The airlines are on strike, so the vice president's wife is taking the southbound train from UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Secret Service agent Al Mitchell (Creator/LloydBridges) is concerned about a collision with the northbound train from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, which runs on the same track, but programmer Roy Snyder (E. G. Marshall) (Creator/EGMarshall) assures him he has nothing to worry about, as the computer that controls all the trains will ensure that the southbound train switches tracks before it gets close to the northbound train. However, Jim Waterman (Paul L. Smith), (Creator/PaulLSmith), who lost his wife and child in a previous derailment, wants revenge. He reprograms the computer to keep the trains on the same track, then hijacks the northbound train to prevent the error from being corrected.
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* YourCheatingHeart: When we first meet Paula, she's talking on the phone to her husband Matt Leight (Robert Fuller), who tells her he's too busy with work to spend time with her while his mistress gets dressed in the same room, and says "Of course I am [alone]!" right as his mistress throws her underwear at him.
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* HighSpeedTrainReroute: Workers quickly build yards of track to switch the southbound train from one track to the other.
* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler: Stuart pulls Waterman onto the roof before the two of them jump into the river.]]
* TitleIn: Used in a lot of scenes.
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* TitleIn: Used in VaporWear: Paula doesn't appear to be wearing a lot of scenes.bra under her crop top.
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* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Waterman reprograms the computer by pretending to be a technician checking out a fault prediction.
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* CuttingTheKnot: Mitchell suggests shooting the computer that has shut down all the safeguards, but Snyder tells him that will cause hundreds of other crashes.
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The airlines are on strike, so the vice president's wife is taking the southbound train from UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Secret Service agent Al Mitchell (Lloyd Mitchell) is concerned about a collision with the northbound train from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, which runs on the same track, but programmer Roy Snyder (E. G. Marshall) assures him he has nothing to worry about, as the computer that controls all the trains will ensure that the southbound train switches tracks before it gets close to the northbound train. However, Jim Waterman (Paul L. Smith), who lost his wife and child in a previous derailment, wants revenge. He reprograms the computer to keep the trains on the same track, then hijacks the northbound train to prevent the error from being corrected.
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The airlines are on strike, so the vice president's wife is taking the southbound train from UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Secret Service agent Al Mitchell (Lloyd Mitchell) (Creator/LloydBridges) is concerned about a collision with the northbound train from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, which runs on the same track, but programmer Roy Snyder (E. G. Marshall) assures him he has nothing to worry about, as the computer that controls all the trains will ensure that the southbound train switches tracks before it gets close to the northbound train. However, Jim Waterman (Paul L. Smith), who lost his wife and child in a previous derailment, wants revenge. He reprograms the computer to keep the trains on the same track, then hijacks the northbound train to prevent the error from being corrected.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Stuart originally tells Paula Harvey (Yvette Mimieux) that the police are after him because he punched out his ex-wife's new man in a fight.
* SoftWater: During the climax, [[spoiler:Stuart and Waterman both leap from the RunawayTrain off a bridge and into a river. Stuart is completely uninjured, while Waterman is hurt but alive.]]
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* WavingSignsAround: Crowds of bystanders hold signs for Waterman that say things like "Stop," "Why Murder," and "Jesus Loves All." One group of young people holds a large banner that says "Why Do It?"
* YourCheatingHeart: When we first meetPaula Harvey (Yvette Mimieux), Paula, she's talking on the phone to her husband Matt Leight (Robert Fuller), who tells her he's too busy with work to spend time with her while his mistress gets dressed in the same room, and says "Of course I am [alone]!" right as his mistress throws her underwear at him.
* YourCheatingHeart: When we first meet
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''Disaster on the Coastliner'' is a 1979 American made-for-TV action movie written by David Ambrose and directed by Richard C. Sarafian.
The airlines are on strike, so the vice president's wife is taking the southbound train from UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Secret Service agent Al Mitchell (Lloyd Mitchell) is concerned about a collision with the northbound train from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, which runs on the same track, but programmer Roy Snyder (E. G. Marshall) assures him he has nothing to worry about, as the computer that controls all the trains will ensure that the southbound train switches tracks before it gets close to the northbound train. However, Jim Waterman (Paul L. Smith), who lost his wife and child in a previous derailment, wants revenge. He reprograms the computer to keep the trains on the same track, then hijacks the northbound train to prevent the error from being corrected.
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!!''Disaster on the Coastliner'' contains examples of:
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Con man Stuart Peters (Creator/WilliamShatner) carries his money in the same briefcase he uses to carry disguises.
* MuggedForDisguise: Waterman knocks out the northbound train's engineer and steals his uniform.
* NotNowKiddo: Davy (Dago Dimster), a young boy, tells his mother that the engineer has been replaced, but she thinks he's just being annoying and tries to give him mints to keep him quiet.
* TragicKeepsake: Waterman keeps a pair of children's shoes tied up next to him in the train.
* TitleIn: Used in a lot of scenes.
* YourCheatingHeart: When we first meet Paula Harvey (Yvette Mimieux), she's talking on the phone to her husband Matt Leight (Robert Fuller), who tells her he's too busy with work to spend time with her while his mistress gets dressed in the same room, and says "Of course I am [alone]!" right as his mistress throws her underwear at him.
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The airlines are on strike, so the vice president's wife is taking the southbound train from UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Secret Service agent Al Mitchell (Lloyd Mitchell) is concerned about a collision with the northbound train from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, which runs on the same track, but programmer Roy Snyder (E. G. Marshall) assures him he has nothing to worry about, as the computer that controls all the trains will ensure that the southbound train switches tracks before it gets close to the northbound train. However, Jim Waterman (Paul L. Smith), who lost his wife and child in a previous derailment, wants revenge. He reprograms the computer to keep the trains on the same track, then hijacks the northbound train to prevent the error from being corrected.
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!!''Disaster on the Coastliner'' contains examples of:
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Con man Stuart Peters (Creator/WilliamShatner) carries his money in the same briefcase he uses to carry disguises.
* MuggedForDisguise: Waterman knocks out the northbound train's engineer and steals his uniform.
* NotNowKiddo: Davy (Dago Dimster), a young boy, tells his mother that the engineer has been replaced, but she thinks he's just being annoying and tries to give him mints to keep him quiet.
* TragicKeepsake: Waterman keeps a pair of children's shoes tied up next to him in the train.
* TitleIn: Used in a lot of scenes.
* YourCheatingHeart: When we first meet Paula Harvey (Yvette Mimieux), she's talking on the phone to her husband Matt Leight (Robert Fuller), who tells her he's too busy with work to spend time with her while his mistress gets dressed in the same room, and says "Of course I am [alone]!" right as his mistress throws her underwear at him.
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