Film about a disease outbreak st sea.

[Alex Clark]

I’m trying to find a tv film from the 1970s or ‘80s. It’s set on a passenger ship which suffered a disease outbreak. Scenes include mattresses being thrown overboard, one of which has a passenger’s money stashed in it. The same passenger later hallucinates and jumps over board to swim to an imaginary boat. Does anyone know this film?

 

[Jay Roches]

Could it be “Killer on Board” (1977)? “The passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew.” That seems to fit your description. I used IMDb’s keyword search — TV movies from the 70s involving a ship. I’ve never seen it, and I’m not sure if you can buy it, but it’s on YouTube.

 

[Alex Clark]

Yes! That’s it. I searched all over the place. Including on IMDb. Couldn’t find it. Thanks for that, I’ve just finished watching it. It was drugs in the mattress rather than money. I think I was told that when watching it as a kid to keep knowledge of drugs away from me.