Avalanche Express
1979 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
When a senior Russian official, Gen. Marenkov, decides to defect to the west, CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to lead the team to get him out. Malenkov reveals that the Russians are trying to develop biological weapons. Wargrave decides that Malenkov should travel across Europe by train, on the "Atlantic Express", in an attempt to try and lure the Russians into attacking the train so that they can discover who the Russian secret agents in Europe are. During the journey they must survive terrorist attack and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin.
Direction Mark Robson · Monte Hellman
Cast Lee Marvin · Robert Shaw · Linda Evans · Maximilian Schell · Joe Namath · Horst Buchholz · Mike Connors · Claudio Cassinelli · Kristina Nel · David Alexander Hess · Gunter Meisner · Sylva Langova · Cyril Shaps · Vladek Sheybal · Arthur Brauss
Soundtrack Allyn Ferguson
Screenplay Abraham Polonsky · Colin Forbes
Cinematography Jack Cardiff
Original title Avalanche Express
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159 votes (FilmAffinity)
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