Avalanche Express (1979)

Directed by

Monte Hellman, Mark Robson

Genre

action film, disaster film, spy film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

PG

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet general defects to the West with secret information, but spies and assassins pursue him. The film follows the struggle to get the general safely across Europe.

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What happens

Avalanche Express is a 1979 adventure thriller film starring Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Maximilian Schell and Linda Evans, and produced and directed by Mark Robson. The plot is about the struggle over a defecting Soviet general. The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky was based on a 1977 novel by Colin Forbes. It was the last film for Shaw and Robson, who both died during production in 1978. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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