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Condominium (1980)

Condominium poster
Directed by
Sidney Hayers
Genre
disaster film
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 2 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Florida condominium complex built by a greedy and irresponsible corporation faces destruction from an approaching hurricane. The story follows the residents as they deal with the problems caused by the storm and the building's poor construction.

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What happens

Condominium is a 1980 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television disaster film starring Barbara Eden, Dan Haggerty and Steve Forrest and featuring an ensemble cast of well-known television actors, including Ana Alicia, Richard Anderson, Ralph Bellamy, Larry Bishop, Macdonald Carey, Dane Clark, Linda Cristal, Elinor Donahue, Don Galloway, Pamela Hensley, Arte Johnson, Jack Jones, Dorothy Malone, Mimi Maynard, Lee Paul, Nehemiah Persoff, Nedra Volz, Carlene Watkins and Stuart Whitman. Directed by Sidney Hayers and adapted from a novel of the same name by John D. MacDonald, the film depicts events in the lives of the residents at Silver Sands Condominium – a Florida complex built by a greedy and irresponsible corporation – and the problems that occur when an impending hurricane threatens to destroy Silver Sands. Condominium was originally broadcast on HBO on April 6 and 7, 1980 and then broadcast commercially in syndication seven months later on November 20 and 21, 1980 as part of Operation Prime Time syndicated programming. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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