ask a film buff for the bad disaster film of all time and you might get answer like the swarm and meteor and city on fire and beyond the poseidon adventure or avalanche . but in reality the very bad of all be this incredulously awful irwin allen debacle . it have a wonderful cast and which in some way make it utter awfulness even more surprising and unacceptable . this be one of the bad film from any genre . paul newman head the cast and and have a red tinge to his cheek throughout which may either be sunburn or embarrassment . he be the chief oil driller on a volcanic pacific island who suspect that a catastrophic eruption be a matter of day away . however and the island rely on it tourist industry and and business bigwig like william holden ( great actor and never more wasted than he be here ) would not heed the warning and insist on keep people on the island . the eruption arrive and a anticipate by newman and and the tourist be leave to run for their life from it clutch . newman find himself lead one group of evacuee and make up of the usual clichéd character . the group include some great star and like ernest borgnine and red button and burgess meredith and jacqueline bisset and but anyone with a brain can figure out with a degree of certainty which one be go to make it and which be doom . the action be mar constantly by terrible special effect . the actor be critically defeat by banal dialogue and action . the suspense element of the film fail also and because it take way too long to get go and be thoroughly predictable once it finally kick into gear . there really be nothing positive to say about this film at all and except that it be so bad that it virtually single handedly end the disaster genre once and for all . if nothing else and we should thank the cast and crew for that small mercy at least .