On This Day: March 28 1980 When Time Ran Out Premiered in Theaters

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Mar 28, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: March 28 1980 When Time Ran Out Premiered in Theaters.

On this day March 28 1980 the disaster film When Time Ran Out premiered in theaters. Directed by James Goldstone the movie starred Paul Newman Jacqueline Bisset and Pat Morita and followed a group of people trapped on a tropical island as a volcano threatens to erupt and destroy everything in its path.

Despite its all star cast and big budget of $20 million the film struggled at the box office bringing in only $3.8 million. It was the last of producer Irwin Allen’s run of disaster movies...

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