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

Avalanche Express (1979)

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The Fast Track For All-Star Adventure.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Mark Robson
  • Profile picture of Lee Marvin
    Harry Wargrave Lee Marvin
  • Profile picture of Robert Shaw
    General Markenkov Robert Shaw
  • Profile picture of Linda Evans
    Else Lang Linda Evans
  • Profile picture of Maximilian Schell
    Colonel Nikolai Bunin Maximilian Schell
  • Profile picture of Joe Namath
    Leroy Joe Namath
  • Profile picture of Horst Buchholz
    Scholten Horst Buchholz
  • Profile picture of Mike Connors
    Haller Mike Connors
  • Profile picture of Claudio Cassinelli
    Molinari Claudio Cassinelli

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Keywords

  • 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