Academy award winner lee marvin plays dutiful, cynical. But with lee marvin aboard the avalanche express you can be certain that the entertainment and the. Avalanche express 1979 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. Avalanche express buy, rent or watch on fandangonow. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of.
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. Oct 19, 1979 as junk movie melodramas go, avalanche express is of a notquiteallstar tackiness that should make sir lew grade furious with envy. During the journey they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by russian spy. When the head of the kgb,general marenkov robert shaw, defects to the westwith informationabout soviet biological weaponscia agent harry.
Avalanche express on dvd 883316342916 from warner bros. Senior russian official general malenkov wants to defect to the western part of russia. Allstar thrillercumsemidisaster movie avalanche express turned into something of a reallife disaster when director mark robson and costar robert shaw died during production, leaving monte hellman and gene corman to finish the film and robert rietty and, for three words, rich little dubbing robert shaw, whose voice was so weak during production only six words were usable. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online.
Wargrave decides they should travel to safety on a train across europe, the atlantic express. On a lifeordeath mission, an elite team of espionage agents musttransport a russian defector, while enemy spies, double agent and forcesof nature conspire to kill the man as they speed across a frozen europeaboard a train dubbed the avalanche express. Robert shaw was very ill during filming and died during its production. Wargrave decides that marenkov should travel across europe by train, on the fictional avalanche express. Lee marvin gives conviction to his role of a colonel in trying to get a soviet defector safely to the united states and trying to stop a soviet biological war plot. Robert shaw, a russian agent, defects and hops onto a dutch train aided by a team of american agents led by lee marvin. All avalanche express movie posters,high res movie posters image for avalanche express. Robsons last film was avalanche express 1979, a cold war thriller that starred lee marvin and robert shaw. 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. Robert shaw the jaws stars final film is the calculating, freedombound marenkov. 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. But with lee marvin aboard the avalanche express you can be certain that the entertainment and the thrills are guaranteed. The film follows general marenkov robert shaw as he defects from the soviet kgb and attempts to escape to the west. It has good action scenes, especially the avalanche although it looks phony by todays standards.
Slight edge wear, some wrinkling throughout, slight creasing in corners, slight scuffing and lower borders, singlesided. Commandos are out to stop harry and a new weapon may be deployed in this patriot game. Malenkov reveals that the russians are trying to develop. Marenkov number of times seen 1 1 aug 2019 brief synopsis after a russian general chooses to defect to the west, he must work with his american counterpart in order to avoid the dangers of his former countrymen while on his way to.
Marenkov, a senior russian official, who is defecting to the west. Starring lee marvin, robert shaw, linda evans, and maximilian schell. Awful attempt at blending a political thriller with disaster movie shenanigans, avalanche express is also a sad end to the careers of robert shaw jawsthe sting and mark robson the seventh victimbedlam. Aug 01, 2019 my plan is to force bunin to destroy himself. A cia operative sent in to intercept a russian defector races back across europe with deadly soviet agents in hot pursuit. Staring maximilian schell, claudio cassinelli, joe namath and linda evans. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. If you watch avalanche express then, stylistically at least, youve seen every thriller ever made. The fast track for allstar adventure cia agent harry wargrave marvin is sent to aid gen. Lee marvin leads the squad in a lethal locomotive actioner. Marenkov shaw, a senior russian official, who is defecting to the west.
Other articles where avalanche express is discussed. 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. Avalanche express dvd 1979 region 1 us import ntsc. Watch the full length movie of avalanche express online or on the fios mobile app. I really enjoyed avalanche express, for one its got great acting by some great actors who were, by this point, a little past their time,lee marvin,robert shaw, but thats a good thing, because it shows that out of date actors can act.
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