After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."
Directed by Larry Elikann
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TrailerThe Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) TV Trailer
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Joanna Kerns
Dr. Clare Winslow
Dan Lauria
Steve Winslow
Bonnie Bartlett
Anita Parker
Lindsay Frost
Laurie Parker
Alan Autry
Matt
Joe Spano
Chad Spaulding
Holly Fields
Heather Winslow
Brock Peters
David Motubu
Stephen Elliott
Owen
Robert Ginty
Warren Cates
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Roy Bryant
Silvana Gallardo
Sonia
Michael T. Weiss
Larry, the Mayor's City Official Aide
Charles Siebert
Mayor Frank Baldwin
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