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St. Helens is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Ernest Pintoff released in USA on 1 september 1981 with Art Carney
St. Helens (1981)
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Add to a movie listSt. Helens, aka St. Helens, Killer Volcano, is a 1981 made for cable HBO film directed by Ernest Pintoff and starring David Huffman, Art Carney, Cassie Yates, and Albert Salmi. The film centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, with the story beginning on the day volcanic activity started on March 20, 1980, and ending on the day of the eruption: May 18, 1980.
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The film opens up with an image of Central Oregon's Mount Bachelor and the Central Oregon Cascades, which is the fictional setting for Mount St. Helens itself. On March 20, 1980 an earthquake of 4.1 on the Richter Scale strikes Mount St. Helens, signalling the first signs of volcanic activity in 123 years.Actors
Art Carney
(Harry Truman)
David Huffman
(David Jackson)
Albert Salmi
(Clyde Whittaker)
Ron O'Neal
(Otis Kaylor)
Tim Thomerson
(Sheriff Wayne Temple)
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