Need help. 80's miniseries title? (1 Viewer)

[Fritz Nilsen]

Hi guys.

I need help identifying this miniseries I have vague memories of.

Here's what I (think I) remember.
Plot: A sunken ocean liner from the thirties (?) is discovered in the present (80's?) and it houses a small community of survivors who have lived there on the bottom ever since. In the unused parts of the wreck live malformed survivors who have been disfigured by the pressure or unsuccessful attempts to reach the surface. One character keeps playing "Happy days are here again" on an old grammophone. That's it, thats all I can recall.

I believe it was a miniseries from the late seventies/early eighties.

I believe it starred Jason Robards (but couldn't corroborate this with IMDb).

Anyone?

 

[FrankPitt]

Sounds like Goliath Awaits, from 1981.

Goliath Awaits (1981) (TV)

 

[todd s]

Mark Harmon and Christopher Lee....

 

[Fritz Nilsen]

Yeah! Thanks guys. That looks exactly right.

Funny how memory plays tricks on you. I could have sworn Jason Robards was in it, but I was only eight or ten when I saw this, so...

Anyway, thanks again. Now to get it on video. eBay, here I come.

 

[Greg_S_H]

Since you found your answer, here's an Al Stewart song with a similar story: