Avalanche Express

The Fast Track For All-Star Adventure.

4.819791h 25m

Released

Action

Thriller

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1979-09-27

Runtime1h 25m

LanguagesPусскийEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

central intelligence agency (cia)

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Trailer

Avalanche Express (Original Theatrical Trailer)

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Cast & Crew

Lee Marvin

as Harry Wargrave

Robert Shaw

as General Markenkov

Linda Evans

as Else Lang

Maximilian Schell

as Colonel Nikolai Bunin

Joe Namath

as Leroy

Horst Buchholz

as Scholten

Mike Connors

as Haller

Claudio Cassinelli

as Molinari

Kristina Nel

as Helga Mann

David Hess

as Geiger

Reviews

John Chard

Sep 26, 2014

3.5/10

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 production. Plot essentially sees Shaw's Soviet official, Marenkov, defe…

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