De Poseidon is een luxueus schip met reusachtige afmetingen, dat haar laatste reis maakt van New York naar een Grieks scheepskerkhof. De eigenaren willen zoveel mogelijk geld besparen en zetten de kapitein onder druk om zo snel mogelijk op de plaats van bestemming aan te komen, iets wat de motoren van het oude schip niet meer aankunnen. Tijdens de viering van het nieuwe jaar gebeurt het onvermijdelijke. Een enorme vloedgolf laat het schip kapseizen en er vallen talloze doden en gewonden. Tien overlevenden beginnen daarop aan een slopende ontsnappingstocht uit het snel zinkende schip.
Nee, helaas is The Poseidon Adventure nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Paul Gallico | Novel |
| Editing | Harold F. Kress | Editor |
| Camera | Harold E. Stine | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Zastupnevich | Costume Design |
| Writing | Stirling Silliphant | Screenplay |
| Production | Jack Baur | Casting |
| Writing | Wendell Mayes | Screenplay |
| Art | William J. Creber | Production Design |
| Directing | Ronald Neame | Director |
| Art | Raphael Bretton | Set Decoration |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sidney Marshall | Producer |
| Production | Hal Herman | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Irwin Allen | Producer |
| Production | Steve Broidy | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edwin Butterworth | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | L.B. Abbott | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Acevedo | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan Snyder | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Wadlington | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Joel Hirschhorn | Songs |
| Production | John Campbell | Publicist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sheral Ross | Hairstylist |
| Production | Albert Gail | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Norman A. Cook | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Pershing | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Al Kasha | Songs |
| Sound | Alexander Courage | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Ernie F. Orsatti | Stunts |
| Crew | Paul Stader | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Art Volpert | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Les Warner | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Donald White | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Ward Preston | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Tom Cranham | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Dan Goozee | Production Illustrator |
| Sound | Theodore Soderberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Vinton Vernon | Scoring Mixer |
| Lighting | Clyde Taylor | Gaffer |
| Camera | Lou Pazelli | Key Grip |
| Directing | Teresa Brachetto | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | James Winburn | Stunts |
| Directing | Irwin Allen | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Don Hall | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | John A. Bonner | Sound Supervisor |
| Crew | Gary Epper | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Durock | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Crew | Larry Holt | Stunts |
| Crew | Orwin C. Harvey | Stunts |
| Crew | Chris Howell | Stunts |
| Crew | Lila Finn | Stunts |
| Crew | Donna Garrett | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Crew | Craig Chudy | Stunts |
| Crew | Howard Curtis | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Catching | Stunts |
| Crew | Eldon Burke | Stunts |
| Crew | John Daheim | Stunts |
| Crew | Mike Donovan | Stunts |
| Crew | Bennie E. Dobbins | Stunts |
| Crew | Paula Dell | Stunts |
| Crew | Denver Mattson | Stunts |
| Crew | John Moio | Stunts |
| Crew | Carol Daniels | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Dale | Stunts |
| Crew | Janet Brady | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Brutsche | Stunts |
| Crew | Craig R. Baxley | Stunts |
| Crew | Phil Adams | Stunts |
| Crew | Doug O'Dell II | Stunts |
| Crew | Frank Orsatti | Stunts |
| Crew | Victor Paul | Stunts |
| Crew | Gil Perkins | Stunts |
| Crew | Allen Pinson | Stunts |
| Crew | Preston Peterson | Stunts |
| Crew | George Robotham | Stunts |
| Crew | Wally Rose | Stunts |
| Crew | Robert Prohaska | Stunts |
| Crew | George Sawaya | Stunts |
| Crew | Russell Saunders | Stunts |
| Crew | Marilyn Stader | Stunts |
| Crew | Paul Stader | Stunts |
| Crew | David Sharpe | Stunts |
| Crew | Ron Stein | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Summers | Stunts |
| Crew | Tom Steele | Stunts |
| Crew | George P. Wilbur | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Zendar | Stunts |
