Avalanche Express

1979 PG-13 1h 25m

4.8 / 10 48

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4.8/10

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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.

Director Mark Robson

Writers

Abraham Polonsky Colin Forbes

Stars

Lee Marvin Robert Shaw Linda Evans

Colonel Nikolai Bunin

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John Chard 26 Sep 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, defecting to the west whilst aiming to kill off his ho...