Short Walk to Daylight

Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.

Cast

James Brolin

as Tom Phelan

Don Mitchell

as Alvin

James McEachin

as Ed

Abbey Lincoln

as Dorella

Brooke Bundy

as Joanne

Lázaro Pérez

as Jax

Suzanne Charny

as Sylvia

Laurette Spang

as Sandy

Franklin Cover

as Conductor

Paul Cavonis

as Rick Niels (uncredited)

Reviews

Wuchak

A forgotten disaster flick; and one of the first of the 70s RELEASED TO TV IN 1972 and directed by Barry Shear, "Short Walk to Daylight" chronicles events when eight people struggle to make it out of the dark tunnels of the New York subway system after an apparent earthquake. Although “Airpor...

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