St. Helens (film)
| St. Helens | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure |
| Screenplay by | Peter Bellwood Larry Ferguson |
| Story by | Michael Timothy Murphy Larry Sturholm |
| Directed by | Ernest Pintoff |
| Starring | Art Carney David Huffman Cassie Yates Albert Salmi Ron O'Neal Tim Thomerson Bill McKinney Henry Darrow Nehemiah Persoff |
| Music by | Goblin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Michael T. Murphy |
| Producers | Peter S. Davis William N. Panzer |
| Production locations | George Berndt Mount St. Helens, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington |
| Cinematography | Jacques Haitkin |
| Editor | George Berndt |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Davis-Panzer Productions |
| Original release | |
| Release | May 18, 1981 |
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.