Tom Merriam signs on the ship Altair as third officer under Captain Stone. At first things look good, Stone sees Merriam as a younger version of himself and Merriam sees Stone as the first adult to ever treat him as a friend. But after a couple strange deaths of crew members, Merriam begins to think Stone is a psychopathic madman obsessed with authority. He tries to tell others, but no one believes him, and it only makes Stone angry..

Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.