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.
Title | Avalanche Express |
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Year | 1979 |
Genre | Action, Thriller |
Country | Ireland, United States of America |
Studio | Lorimar Productions |
Cast | Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell, Joe Namath, Horst Buchholz |
Crew | Allyn Ferguson (Original Music Composer), Jack Cardiff (Director of Photography), Garth Craven (Editor), Abraham Polonsky (Screenplay), Mark Robson (Director), Colin Forbes (Novel) |
Keyword | central intelligence agency (cia), espionage, locomotive, cold war, kgb, secret agent, double agent, mole, alps mountains, avalanche, spy thriller, soviet defector, passenger train, soviet agent |
Release | Sep 27, 1979 |
Runtime | 85 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 4.70 / 10 by 42 users |