Several couples are notified that they have won an ocean cruise, but they actually have been lured onto a ship so that they can be murdered.Several couples are notified that they have won an ocean cruise, but they actually have been lured onto a ship so that they can be murdered.Several couples are notified that they have won an ocean cruise, but they actually have been lured onto a ship so that they can be murdered.
Wesley Gale
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- (as West Gale)
Marc De Vries
- Deck Steward
- (as Mark De Vries)
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- TriviaThis was Richard Long's final film appearance. He died at the age of 47 two months after this was broadcast due to a congenital heart problem.
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Jerry Carter: Come on, Sylvia, every time I'm out of your sight for five minutes you start accusing me of...
Sylvia Carter: I'm not accusing you of anything. Maybe your conscience is bothering you.
Jerry Carter: I'm an insurance salesman, remember? I don't have a conscience.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Love Boat: Who Killed Maxwell Thorn? (1987)
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A Little Mystery That Could
"Death Cruise" (1974) is one of those nice little mysteries that follows the tradition of "Ten Little Indians" and Agatha Christie. The story follows three couples (one old, one middle age, and one young) who have seemly won a free cruise from the same contest that none of them can remember entering (never an encouraging sign in this type of movie). And sure enough, faster than you can say Sherlock Holmes, they quickly discover that it was all a ruse to get them on board as one by one, they all begin to meet their ends at the hands of a murderer. The one hope that might save them comes in the form of the ship's good doctor, Dr. Burke (Michael Constantine) who takes on the role of the amateur detective very competently. All of the actors play their parts very well, with Tom Bosley and Cheleste Holm as the older couple who are struggling to find their way now that their children are all grown up, Richard Long as a philandering husband and Polly Bergen as his poor wife, along with Edward Albert and Kate Jackson as a young couple just starting out, and Cesare Danova as the ship's captain. All of this, plus an enormous twist ending that Alfred Hitchcock himself might have appreciated, make this a nice pleasant movie to watch, especially if you like to dream of a simpler time, like the 70s. Catch it on you tube sometime. 8 out of 10.
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