Story Line
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.
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Top Cast
Lee Marvin
Harry Wargrave
Robert Shaw
General Markenkov
Linda Evans
Else Lang
Maximilian Schell
Colonel Nikolai Bunin
Joe Namath
Leroy
Horst Buchholz
Scholten
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Rating
4.8/ 10
Release Date
1979-09-27
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
ActionThriller
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User Reviews (1)
John Chard
3.5/10
•9/26/2014Stop 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...