Classic Cinema | Movies | St. Helens | 1981 | Art Carney | David Huffman | Cassie Yates

St. Helens is a 1981 made-for-cable HBO television 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, 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. The film premiered on May 18, 1981, on the first anniversary of the eruption.

St. HelensGenreAdventureScreenplay byPeter Bellwood
Larry FergusonStory byMichael Timothy Murphy
Larry SturholmDirected byErnest PintoffStarringArt Carney
David Huffman
Cassie Yates
Albert Salmi
Ron O'Neal
Tim Thomerson
Bill McKinney
Henry Darrow
Nehemiah PersoffMusic byGoblinCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producersMichael T. Murphy
Dick Salerno (assistant executive producer)
Rosemary Nicols (assistant executive producer)
Don Zavin (assistant executive producer)ProducersPeter S. Davis
William N. Panzer
William Bartman (associate producer)
Tom Jacobson (associate producer)
Otto Sieber (associate producer)Production locationsGeorge Berndt
Mount St. Helens, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, WashingtonCinematographyJacques HaitkinEditorGeorge BerndtRunning time90 minutesProduction companyDavis-Panzer ProductionsOriginal releaseRelease

May 18, 1981

The film is noted for being the first Hollywood soundtrack of the italian prog-rock group Goblin (Massimo Morante, Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Agostino Marangolo and Antonio Marangolo).

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