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19 October 1979 (USA)
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The Fast Track For All-Star Adventure.
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When a 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...
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Dreadful espionage thriller.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lee Marvin | ... | Col. Harry Wargrave |
 | Robert Shaw | ... | General Marenkov |
| Linda Evans | ... | Elsa Lang |
| Maximilian Schell | ... | Nikolai Bunin |
| Joe Namath | ... | Leroy |
| Horst Buchholz | ... | Scholten (as Horst Bucholz) |
 | Mike Connors | ... | Haller |
| Claudio Cassinelli | ... | Molinari |
| Kristina Nel | ... | Helga Mann |
 | David Hess | ... | Geiger |
| Günter Meisner | ... | Muehler (as Günter Meissner) |
| Sylva Langova | ... | Olga (as Sylvia Langova) |
| Cyril Shaps | ... | Sedov |
| Vladek Sheybal | ... | Zannbin (as Vladets Shebal) |
| Arthur Brauss | ... | Neckerman |
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Ireland:88 min | UK:85 min | USA:88 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Finland:(Banned) (1979) |
Finland:K-16 (1989) |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:15 (re-rating) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
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Star Robert Shaw was very ill during filming and died during its production. His voice was so weak and his delivery was so shaky because of his illness that his voice was dubbed by an impersonator.
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From the hilariously overdubbed Russian dialogue (in the very first scene to boot; what a great way to start your movie!) to the badly miscast actors (Maximilian Schell as a top Russian official???) and from the unexciting action scenes (full of inept bad guys who can't shoot straight) to the trite "May-December" romance between Lee Marvin and Linda Evans, "Avalanche Express" demonstrates how easy it is to screw everything up in this genre. In its defense, it's not as awful as, say, "The Kremlin Letter"; there is also some good on-location shooting in Europe. Despite the title, the "avalanche" part of the movie doesn't take up more than five minutes. (*)