Avalanche Express (1979)
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.
- Released
- 1979-09-27
- Genres
- Action, Thriller
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mark Robson, Abraham Polonsky
- TMDB rating
- 4.8/10 from 49 votes
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
- Mike Connors as Haller
- Claudio Cassinelli as Molinari
- Kristina Nel as Helga Mann
- David Hess as Geiger
- Günter Meisner as Rudi Muehler
- Sylva Langová as Olga