Avalanche Express

75
  • PG
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.read more
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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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Directors

Mark Robson, Monte Hellman

Writers

Abraham Polonsky, Colin Forbes

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Producers

Editors

Monte Hellman, Garth Craven

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