St. Helens Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Release date: 1982-01-01 Genres: Action, Thriller, TV Movie Actors: Nehemiah Persoff, Henry Darrow, Ron O'Neal, Cassie Yates, Bill McKinney, Frank Ellis, David Huffman, Tim Thomerson, Albert Salmi, Brendan Burns, Denny Arnold, Don LaFontaine, Art Carney, Danny Chambers, Biff Manard, Redmond Gleeson, Carol Bryant, Renee Braswell, Wiley Ellis, Diana Fiske, Tony Scalese, Thomas Lovingier, Randy Nawalaniec, Joseph Benti, Sean Abbott, Corky Courson, Steve Sheldon, Mary Jane Heelebuyck, Murl Lee Morris, Patricia King, Clarence Altkin, Clark Christiansen, Stacie Joyce, John Boylen, Van Hurst, Julie Phillips, Dennis Murphy Direction: BJ Davis, Julie Rice Davis Production: Susan Gelb Runtime: 1 h. 32 min. Score: 6.2/10 Votes: 9 Countries: United States of America Companies: Davis-Panzer Productions Overview: Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic activity started on March 20, 1980, and ending on the day of the eruption, May 18, 1980.