Overview:
CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west. Wargrave decides they should travel to safety on a train across Europe, the "Atlantic Express". During the journey, they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin.| Status: | Released (1979-09-27) |
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| Screen: | Abraham Polonsky, Colin Forbes |
| Productions: | Lorimar Productions |
| Production Countries: | Ireland, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Pусский |
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Casts
- 18391: Lee Marvin - Harry Wargrave
- 8606: Robert Shaw - General Markenkov
- 20928: Linda Evans - Else Lang
- 12150: Maximilian Schell - Colonel Nikolai Bunin
- 20929: Joe Namath - Leroy
- 5789: Horst Buchholz - Scholten
- 29718: Mike Connors - Haller
Crews
- 19457: Mark Robson - Director - Directing
- 20924: Garth Craven - Editor - Editing
- 6603: Jack Cardiff - Director of Photography - Camera
- 20927: Willy Egger - Production Manager - Production
- 20923: Allyn Ferguson - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 81976: Abraham Polonsky - Screenplay - Writing
- 19457: Mark Robson - Producer - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
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Stop the train, I want to get off. Awful attempt at blending a political thriller with disaster movie shenanigans, Avalanche Express is also a sad end to the careers of Robert Shaw (Jaws/The Sting) and Mark Robson (The Seventh Victim/Bedlam). Both of whom died during the productio ....
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