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Avalanche Express (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 85 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Mark Robson
- Starring
- Richard Marner, Lee Marvin, Vladek Sheybal, Maximilian Schell, Horst Buchholz, Rainer Steffen
CIA operative Harry Wargrave is dispatched to assist General Marenkov, a Russian officer planning to defect to the West. Wargrave arranges their escape aboard the “Atlantic Express,” a trans‑European train. En route they face terrorist assaults and a deadly avalanche, all orchestrated by Soviet spy chief Nikolai Bunin.
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