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U.S. undercover agent Harry Wargrave has a straightforward assignment: escort a Soviet defector on Europe’s Milan-to-Rotterdam train, then cross the Atlantic and deliver his charge to Washington like a package.
Easier said than done. Commandos are out to stop Harry—and a new weapon may be deployed in this patriot game: a devastating avalanche.
Veteran director Mark Robson (Von Ryan’s Express, Earthquake) mans the controls and a first-class cast powers the excitement of this thriller that barrels through scenic locations and constant danger.
Robert Shaw (the Jaws star’s final film) is the calculating, freedom-bound Marenkov. Academy Award® winner Lee Marvin plays dutiful, cynical Wargrave. And Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell, Horst Buchholz, Joe Namath and Mike Connors all earn their cloak-and-dagger badges as the story bullets from streets to iron rails to the sea.
All aboard the Avalanche Express!
Original Release
07/05/1979
US Release
10/19/1979
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Lee Marvin | Wargrave |
Robert Shaw | Marenkov / Markenkov |
Linda Evans | Elsa Lang / Else Lang |
Maximilian Schell | Colonel Nikolai Bunin |
Joe Namath | Leroy |
Horst Buchholz | Scholten |
Mike Connors | Haller |
Claudio Cassinelli | Molinari |
Kristina Nel | Helga Mann |
David Hess | Geiger |
Directors
Writers
Abraham Polonsky, Colin Forbes
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lee Marvin | Wargrave |
Robert Shaw | Marenkov / Markenkov |
Linda Evans | Elsa Lang / Else Lang |
Maximilian Schell | Colonel Nikolai Bunin |
Joe Namath | Leroy |
Horst Buchholz | Scholten |
Mike Connors | Haller |
Claudio Cassinelli | Molinari |
Kristina Nel | Helga Mann |
David Hess | Geiger |
Günter Meisner | Muehler |
Sylva Langova | Olga |
Cyril Shaps | Sedov |
Vladek Sheybal | Zannbin |
Arthur Brauss | Neckerman / Neckermann |
Sky du Mont | Philip John |
Richard Marner | Prachko |
Arnold Drummond | Commissar (Maxim Gorky) / Commissar |
Paul Glawion | Alfredo |
Dan van Husen | Bernardo |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mark Robson | Producer |
Lynn Guthrie | Producer |