In the great disaster-movie epics of the 1970s, star casting was a crucial weapon. Look darling, that's Jennifer Jones falling to her death in "The Towering Inferno"! Look again! Isn't that O.J. Simpson? Wow, that's Ava Gardner being swept away in "Earthquake"! And I'd swear that's Red Buttons...
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 08:00PM on March 8, 2016