---
title: 'Avalanche Express (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mark Robson'
released: '1979-07-05'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/avalanche-express-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078812/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Avalanche Express (1979)

1979 · 88 min · Action, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mark Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-robson), [Monte Hellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/monte-hellman)
- **Producer:** [Mark Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-robson)
- **Screenplay:** [Abraham Polonsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/abraham-polonsky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Allyn Ferguson](https://cinepixo.com/people/allyn-ferguson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Cardiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cardiff)

## Cast

- [Rudolf Waldemar Brem](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-waldemar-brem)
- [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell)
- [Linda Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-evans)
- [Richard Marner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-marner)
- [Robert Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shaw)
- [Mike Connors](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-connors)
- [Lee Marvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-marvin)
- [Joe Namath](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-namath)
- [Arthur Brauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-brauss)
- [Gudo Hoegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/gudo-hoegel)
- [Claudio Cassinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-cassinelli)
- [David Hess](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hess)
- [Kristina Nel](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristina-nel)
- [Günter Meisner](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-meisner)
- [Sky du Mont](https://cinepixo.com/people/sky-du-mont)

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