Disaster on the Coastliner

1979 TV-PG 1h 29m 5.8

A vengeful employee of a computer-controlled railway arranges a head-on collision of passenger trains. Can it be stopped?

Victor Prescott, who's real name is Jim Waterman, modifies the computer controlling the railroad track (signals, switches, alarms) between San Francisco and Los Angeles in such a way that two trains are heading towards each other on the same track without anyone being able to prevent the disaster. He wants the railroad company to confess that there was criminal negligence involved in an accident some years before during which a derail caused several fatalities - including Waterman's wife and kids.

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Info about Disaster on the Coastliner

Studio(s): Filmways TV Productions, Moonlight Productions

Originally Released: Oct 28, 1979

Production Country: United States

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller