---
title: 'Juggernaut (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Lester'
released: '1974-09-25'
runtime_minutes: 106
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/juggernaut-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071706/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Juggernaut (1974)

1974 · PG · 106 min · Action · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Juggernaut is a 1974 British crime suspense film starring Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, and Anthony Hopkins. The film, which was directed by Richard Lester, was largely shot on location aboard the TS Hamburg in the North Sea. It was inspired by real events aboard QE2 in May 1972 when Royal Marines and Special Boat Service personnel parachuted onto the ship because of a bomb hoax.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Lester](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-lester)
- **Screenplay:** [Alan Plater](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-plater), [Richard Alan Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-alan-simmons)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ken Thorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-thorne)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gerry Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-fisher)
- **Editor:** [Antony Gibbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/antony-gibbs)

## Cast

- [Cyril Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-cusack)
- [Clifton James](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-james)
- [Richard Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-harris)
- [Omar Sharif](https://cinepixo.com/people/omar-sharif)
- [David Hemmings](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hemmings)
- [John Bindon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bindon)
- [Jack Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-watson)
- [Caroline Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-mortimer)
- [Doris Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-nolan)
- [Anthony Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-hopkins)
- [Kenneth Colley](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-colley)
- [Freddie Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-jones)
- [Michael Hordern](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hordern)
- [Julian Glover](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-glover)
- [John Stride](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-stride)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/juggernaut-1974
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