wave, Connerly and Charley embrace for the last time before the wave engulfs and kills them. At sea, Hanson, Laura, Peter, Rigby, Leoncavallo Borghese, the refugees from the mission school, and the ship's crew ride out the tsunami successfully aboard the Batavia Queen. Cast (as given in end credits) Maximilian Schell as Captain Chris Hanson Diane Baker as Laura Travis Brian Keith as Harry Connerly Barbara Werle as Charley Adams Sal Mineo as Leoncavallo Borghese Rossano Brazzi as Giovanni Borghese John Leyton as Dr. Douglas Rigby J.D. Cannon as Lester Danzig Jacqui Chan as Toshi Rob't Hall as Guard [spelled "Robert" in opening credits] Victoria Young as Kiko Marc Lawrence as Mr. Jacobs (First Mate) Midori Arimoto as Midori Niall Macginnis as Harbor Master (David) Joseph Hann as Mr. Kuan (Second Mate) Sumi Haru as Sumi Geoffrey Holder as Sailor Alan Hoskins as Jan Peter Kowalski as Peter Travis Additionally, Peter Graves is listed in the opening credits. Production Development In February 1955 Philip Yordan announced he would write and produce a film of the Krakatoa eruption with a budget of US$2 million to US$3 million being spent on special effects. It was going to be the first film made under Yordan's contract with Columbia Pictures. Jerry Wald would be executive producer. It took a number of years for the movie to be made, and in the meantime Yordan started making movies in Spain. In January 1967 he said he intended to film background footage for the movie in Indonesia and wanted Rock Hudson to star. In February 1967 Milo Frank arrived in Madrid to begin supervising production of the film. Bernard L. Kowalski was attached to direct; Kowalski was best known for his television work, including the pilots for Mission Impossible, The Rat Patrol, The Monroes, and N.Y.P.D.. The director said "That seemed to impress the Cinerama people who were looking for a young director who could handle what looked to be a pretty difficult picture." The script was co-written by Bernard Gordon, a blacklisted writer who did a number of scripts for Yordan under pseudonyms. Special effects In an unusual approach to making the film, the producers of Krakatoa, East of Java had the special effects scenes shot before the script had been completed. The script then was written so as to incorporate the special effects sequences. The French film director, art director, production designer, set designer, and