Flood (1976)

Directed by Earl Bellamy
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

Irwin Allen-produced, TV movie disaster-of-the-week with an all star cast of victims. A dam is springing leaks, but the hard-nosed mayor of the downstream town refuses to admit it will break. He butts heads with Martin Milner, officer Malloy from Adam-12, who alerts the town of the impending disaster. Once the dam breaks, there are several personal dramas that play out, following the disaster-movie formula laid out by Earthquake. The special effects are nothing special, a combination of stock footage, miniatures and some cleverly filmed water rescues. Carol Lynley, from the Poseidon Adventure, screams a lot as the trapped pregnant woman, and her rescue from a house is the best of the bunch.