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Avalanche Express
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4.8CIA 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.
Released: 1979-09-2785 minDir: Mark RobsonAction, Thriller
Cast
- 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
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- espionage
- locomotive
- cold war
- kgb
- secret agent
- double agent
- mole
- alps mountains
- avalanche
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- disaster film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Alps
- Director
- Monte Hellman
- Screenwriter
- Abraham Polonsky
- Cast member
- Robert Riettii
- Composer
- Allyn Ferguson
- Producer
- Mark Robson
- Production company
- Lorimar Television
- Cinematographer
- Jack Cardiff
- Narrative location
- Europe
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 455838
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1981-01-30
- title
- Avalanche Express
- distributed by
- 20th Century Studios
- set in environment
- train
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