Avalanche Express (1979)

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Country: Ireland, USA
Genres: Action, Thriller
Release: 1979-10-19
Director: Mark Robson
Writers: Abraham Polonsky , Colin Forbes
Language: English | Russian
Stars: Lee Marvin , Robert Shaw (I) (1927–1978) , Linda Evans , Maximilian Schell , Joe Namath , Horst Buchholz , Mike Connors , Claudio Cassinelli , Kristina Nel , David Hess
Runtime: 88 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Ekspres pod lawiną (Poland) , El expreso de los espías (Argentina) , Atlantin pikajuna (Finland) , Avalancha Express (Mexico) , Avalanche Express (Ireland) , Lavine ekspressen (Denmark) , Экспресс-лавина , Avalanche Express (Canada) , Avalanche Express (France, French Republic) , Avalanche Express (Italy) , Avalanche Express (United States of America) , Avalanche Express (Australia) , Trenul Avalansa Expres (Romania) , El expreso de los espías (Colombia) , El tren de los espías (Spain) , Lavinexpressen (Sweden) , Το εξπρές του θανάτου (Greece) , Çığ ekspresi (Turkey) , Lawinenexpress (Austria) , Lawine Express (Belgium) , O Expresso Avalanche (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Avalanche Express (Canada) , Avalanche Express (United Kingdom) , Pânico no Atlantico Express (Brazil) , Avalanche Express (Belgium) , Avalanche Express , Lawinenexpress , Avalanche Express (Japan) , アバランチ・エクスプレス (Japan) , Moskvaekspressen (Norway)
Plot: When senior Russian official Gen. Marenkov decides to defect to the West, CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to lead the team to get him out. Malenkov reveals that the Russians are trying to develop biological weapons. Wargrave decides that Malenkov should travel across Europe by train, on the "Atlantic Express", in an attempt to lure the Russians into attacking the train so that they can discover who the Russian secret agents in Europe are. During the journey they must survive a terrorist attack and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin. A tape gets decoded and Harry hands it over when he boards the jet plane with Elsa.
IMDB:tt0078812