Avalanche express is a 1979 cold war adventure thriller film produced and directed by mark robson and starring lee marvin, robert shaw, maximilian schell, and linda evans. Get the gang together for a fun day of tubing and ice skating. Avalanche express original theatrical trailer youtube. Avalanche express 1979 movie posters, original movie. As junk movie melodramas go, avalanche express is of a notquiteallstar tackiness that should make sir lew grade furious with envy. Imagine my disapointment when i first heard him speak and realised that majestic voice was dubbed. Fold wear, some fold separation, some wrinkling and scuffing throughout, tape on top corners and bottom right corner, some edge wear, creasing on bottom left corner, singlesided. Avalanche express on dvd 883316342916 from warner bros. Formulary eastwest spy saga involving a kgb defector, a biological warfare programme, and running battles on the transcontinental express. Avalanche express 1979 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Avalanche express 1979 vintage original movie poster u. Avalanche express is an english movie directed by mark robson, monte hellman released in the year 1979. Marenkov, decides to defect to the west, cia agent harry wargrave is sent to lead the team to get him out. Marenkov, a senior russian official, who is defecting to the west. Indeed, though the abe polonsky screenplay is based on a. Avalanche express 1979 avalanche express 1979 user. During the journey they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by russian spy.
Academy award winner lee marvin plays dutiful, cynical. Aiding marvin in the film are a pre dynastic linda evans mrs. During the journey they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by russian spycatcher nikolai bunin. Official theatrical movie poster for avalanche express 1979. Staring maximilian schell, claudio cassinelli, joe namath and linda evans. The fast track for allstar adventure cia agent harry wargrave marvin is sent to aid gen. Starring lee marvin, robert shaw, linda evans, and maximilian schell. Avalanche express 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Coming 16 years after his rather impressive performance in from russia with love, avalanche express is mitchums last film.
Aiding marvin in the film are a predynasty linda evans and broadway joe namath, himself. Kudos to john dykstra and apogee for some fine 1979 miniature effects. Wargrave decides they should travel to safety on a train across europe, the atlantic express. Malenkov reveals that the russians are trying to develop. Starring lee marvin, robert shaw, linda evans, joe namath.
Whether youre vacationing to the resort or just visiting for the day, checkout our many amenities to enhance your stay. Reuniting robert mitchum with a trainrelated thriller probably seemed like a good idea in 1978. Robert shaw passed away before the film was released. Az avalanche express 1979 cimu videot hazieger nevu felhasznalo toltotte fel az filmanimacio kategoriaba. Marenkov, decides to defect to the west, cia agent harry wargrave is sent to lead the team to get. So when i learned that he made two films before he died. Robert shaw the jaws stars final film is the calculating, freedombound marenkov. This movie hit the screens on october 19 1979 starring lee marvin as col harry wargrave, robert shaw as general marenkov and linda evans as elsa lang. Avalanche express, movie, 1979 pictures provided by. Robsons last film was avalanche express 1979, a cold war thriller that starred lee marvin and robert shaw. The screenplay by abraham polonsky was based on a 1977 novel by colin forbes. Avalanche express is a film directed by mark robson, monte hellman with lee marvin, robert shaw, linda evans, maximilian schell, year. Senior russian official general malenkov wants to defect to the western part of russia. One of those awful defectoronthetrain movies that are so bad that they are watchable.
Other articles where avalanche express is discussed. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. The companion r 1994 tv bruce greenwood android 2015. Things go awry when the train is caught in an avalanche. Tcmdb archive materials view all archives 0 dvds from tcm shop. During postproduction work on the movie, robson suffered a fatal heart attack. I was very sad when i heard that he died at a very young age of 52. But with lee marvin aboard the avalanche express you can be certain that the entertainment and the. Avalanche express 1979 dvd lee marvin, robert shaw, linda evans new.
A cia operative sent in to intercept a russian defector races back across europe with deadly soviet agents in hot pursuit. Robsons last film was avalanche express 1979, a cold war thriller that. With lee marvin, robert shaw, linda evans, maximilian schell. Movies like avalanche express if you like avalanche express you are looking for exciting, rough and serious movies about with espionage, train, cia, kgb, avalanche, heroes and secret agents themes of action and thriller genre shot in ireland or usa. The plot is about the struggle over a defecting russian general. The film follows general marenkov robert shaw as he defects from the soviet kgb and attempts to escape to the west. Lee marvin, who stars in the movie, is mentioned in the novel the movie is based on. Avalanche express, movie, 1979 internet movie cars database. An original onesheet movie poster 27 x 41 from 1979 for avalanche express. Avalanche express is a film directed by mark robson, monte hellman and starring lee marvin, robert shaw, linda evans. Released 1979, avalanche express stars robert shaw, lee marvin, linda evans, maximilian schell the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
Robert shaw, a russian agent, defects and hops onto a dutch train aided by a team of american agents led by lee marvin. This movie had lee marvin, robert shaw, joe namath in the lead roles of the film. Avalanche express 1979, avalanche express, disaster film. Avalanche express the 1979 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Avalanche express 1979 ganzer film deutsch hd filme online. Oct 19, 1979 as junk movie melodramas go, avalanche express is of a notquiteallstar tackiness that should make sir lew grade furious with envy. Lee marvin plays a cia agent who lures a soviet biological warfare expert aboard a european train in the hopes of murdering the expert, thus eliminating a world threat. The first force 10 from navarone was a fun adventure film with shaw still at the top of his game the second was avalanche express it came out some 14 months after he died, and i went quickley to my local movie theater to see it. We offer family fun overnight packages to make your getaway easy. Avalanche express 1979 cast and crew a cia agent lee marvin plans to use the defection of a soviet official robert shaw to kill a soviet germwarfare expert on a train.
Russian general marenkov robert shaw decides to defect to the west and cia agent harry wargrave lee marvin leads the team that is to get him out. Avalanche express is a 1979 action thriller directed by mark robson. Avalanche express is a 1979 cold war adventure thriller film produced and directed by mark robson and starring lee marvin, robert shaw, maximilian schell. Avalanche express 1979 pg 1h 28min action, thriller 19 october 1979 usa soviet kgb general marenkov defects to the americans and together with his cia handler harry wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the kgb agents in europe. A highly talented actor and writer was lost during the filming of avalanche express. Tcm messageboards post your comments here add your comment share. Soviet kgb general marenkov defects to the americans and together with his cia handler harry wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the kgb agents in europe. Avalanchexpress is even more fun when you bring everyone. Slight edge wear, some wrinkling throughout, slight creasing in corners, slight scuffing and.
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