The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • There are several references to prostitution. A woman in one scene is wearing a see through night gown; her breasts are semi-visible. Several different woman and girls are dressed very revealing throughout the movie. Also revealing cleavage. A man implies that he is taking pills to make him more sexual and his genitals bigger.
  • A woman spends most of the movie wearing only her husband's shirt, and her white panties. Her panties are visible several times throughout the film.

Violence & Gore

  • A man's knee is cut open and bloody. There's a close-up of it.
  • A woman falls into fiery waters. We don't see anything graphic.
  • People fall down to their deaths while a ship is capsizing. We see several men and women hit the side of a wall and die, a man and woman are pinned to a wall by a piano, making them react in pain; others crash into hard objects and more.
  • The only gory scene is when we see a cook's burnt face. It looks bloody.
  • An elderly woman suffers a heart attack and dies.

Profanity

  • Two abuses of "Jesus," 6 misuses of "God," and 3 profane/cursing utterances of "Christ." Other swearing includes hell, damn, "son of a bi--", et al. One use of the "F" word, but not easy to hear if you aren't listening for it. Unscripted.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • People are seen drinking alcohol during a celebration.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Crew members and the captain are killed when the windows break in the bridge causing water to enter from the wave.
  • The capsizing scene is very frightening and disturbing. After it happens, a man's body hits the ceiling, which has become the floor. People are seen screaming in terror while holding onto tables and falling. One man loses his grip on a table and falls onto a chandelier, which kills him instantly.
  • A man falls off a ladder and is killed when he hits the water.
  • Dead bodies are seen in the film throughout.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Lots of people are killed in the ballroom after an explosion causes lots of water to enter.
  • The preacher lets go of a wheel falling into the fiery waters below killing him instantly.

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