No, you look like me, which is interesting, if rather impertinent

CROSSED SWORDS

aka The Prince and the Pauper

1977 UK/1978 USA

Directed by Richard Fleischer

Written by Berta Dominguez, Pierre Spengler, and George MacDonald Fraser (based on the novel by Mark Twain)

Spoilers: moderate

What a disaster: Only you can prevent them

FIRE

1977

Directed by Earl Bellamy

Written by Norman Katkov and Arthur Weiss

Spoiler alert: moderate

What a disaster: All is fair on the fairground

ROLLERCOASTER

1977

Directed by James Goldstone

Written by Richard Levinson, William Link, Sanford Sheldon, and Tommy Cook

Spoiler alert: somewhere between moderate and high

What a disaster: In the event of a water landing

AIRPORT '77

1977

Directed by Jerry Jameson

Written by H.A.L. Craig, Charles Keunstle, Michael Scheff, and David Spector

Spoiler alert: moderate

What a disaster: Lab leak hypothesis

THE CASSANDRA CROSSING

1977

Directed by George Pan Cosmatos

Written by Tom Mankiewicz, Robert Katz, and George Pan Cosmatos

Spoiler alert: moderate

Walt Disney, part XXIX: It's not easy to find magic in pairs

PETE'S DRAGON

1977

Directed by Don Chaffey

Written by Malcolm Marmorstein, Seton I. Miller, and S.S. Field

Spoiler alert: moderate

Walt Disney, part XXVIII: Who will rescue me?

THE RESCUERS

1977

Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery, and Art Stevens

Spoiler alert: moderate

Walt Disney, part XXVII: When we were very young

THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH

1977

Directed by John Lounsbery and Wolfgang Reitherman

Spoiler alert: well, he's not eaten by heffalumps, is he?

Who will rescue me?

THE RESCUERS

It's kind of weird to look back and see this as a reversal of Disney's fortunes during some of their darker days, even a modest one, but I suppose it kept the lights on.  Still, I wish I could say something nicer about The Rescuers than that.

1977

Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lousbery, and Art Stevens

Written by... good Lord, that's a lot of people credited to a 77 minute film (based on the book by Margery Sharp)

With Eva Gabor (Bianca), Bob Newhart (Bernard), Michelle Stacy (Penny), Jim Jordan (Orville), Joe Flynn (Snoops), and Geraldine Page (Medusa)

Spoiler alert: moderate

When Jaws dies, nobody cry

ORCA: THE KILLER WHALE

No, seriously: what about the words "Dino De Laurentiis" and "Jaws with an orca" does not compel you to see it for yourself?

1977

Directed by Michael Anderson

Written by Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Donati, and Robert Towne (based on the novel Orca by Arthur Herzog)

With Richard Harris (Nolan), Charlotte Rampling (Dr. Rachel Bedford), Will Sampson (Jacob Umilak), Keenan Wynn (Novak), Bo Derek (Annie), Peter Hooten (Paul), Robert Carradine (Ken), and Yaka and Nepo (the Orca)

Spoiler alert: high