Avalanche Express (1979)
| Release Date | 30 August 1979 |
| Tagline | The Fast Track For All-Star Adventure. |
| Genre | Action, Thriller |
| Country | USAIreland |
| Filming Locations | Ireland |
| Language | English, Russian |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Action Thriller, Disaster Film |
| Niche Genre | Spy Film |
| Themes | Assassination Plots |
| Tones | Tense, Visceral, Sweeping |
| Tags | Avalanche, Biological Warfare, Defector, Espionage, On The Run, Train [locomotive] |
Avalanche Express is a cold war adventure thriller about a defecting Russian general, released in 1979. It starred Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Maximilian Schell and Linda Evans, and was directed by Mark Robson and Monte Hellman. It is based on a novel by Colin Forbes.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Claudio Cassinelli
Molinari
Kristina Nel
Helga Mann
Günter Meisner
Muehler
Sylva Langova
Olga
Cyril Shaps
Sedov
Vladek Sheybal
Zannbin
Arthur Brauss
Neckerman
Richard Marner
Prachko
Arnold Drummond
Commissar
Paul Glawion
Alfredo
Rainer Steffen
1st Policeman
Dieter Groest
2nd Policeman
Hans-Jürgen Leuthen
Dutch Customs Man
Maximilian Wolters
Swiss Officer
Gudo Hoegel
Adjutant of Molinari
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
1st Signal Man
Erland Erlandsen
2nd Signal Man
Walter Kraus
Engineer
Osman Ragheb
Security Agent
Director
Monte Hellman
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Producer
Colin Forbes
novel
Abraham Polonsky
screenplay
Lynn Guthrie
producer, associate producer
Original Music
Allyn Ferguson
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Cinematographer
Jack Cardiff
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Editor
Garth Craven
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Monte Hellman
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Production Designer
Fred Tuch
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Set Decorator
Elke Etzold
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Travis Nixon
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Costume Designer
Mickey Sherrard
Makeup Department
Ago Von Sperl
makeup artist
Rüdiger Von Sperl
makeup artist
Production Manager
Harry Caplan
unit production manager
Rudolf Geiger
production supervisor
Karl Schaffer
production supervisor
Lynn Guthrie
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Don French
second assistant director
Alan Gibbs
director: boat battle sequence
Wieland Liebske
assistant director
Jon Paré
second assistant director
Gerald Walsh
assistant director
Art Department
Ralph Aubert
property master: boat battle sequence
Sam Gordon
property master
Ed Graves
art director: miniatures
Eberhard Schwartz
property buyer
Sound Department
Wayne Artman
sound re-recording mixer
Tom Beckert
sound re-recording mixer
Fred J. Brown
sound effects
Michael Jiron
sound re-recording mixer
Charlie McFadden
boom operator
Michele Sharp
sound effects
George Stephenson
sound mixer
Caryl Wickman
sound effects
Special Effects
Jeff Clifford
assistant: special effects
Peter Dawson
assistant: special effects
John Dykstra
supervisor of special effects
Ross Hahn
special effects: boat battle sequence
Richard O. Helmer
special effects gaffer
Bruce Logan
supervisor of special effects
Bill Nipper
assistant: special effects
Kit West
special effects
Wayne Beauchamp
special effects foreman
Karl-Heinz Bochnig
special effects
Visual Effects
Richard Alexander
cine technician
David Beasley
model construction crew
Jonathan Erland
model construction crew
Grant McCune
chief model maker
John Ramsey
model construction crew
David Scott
model construction crew
Robert Shepherd
effects production supervisor
David Sosalla
model construction crew
Stunts
Tom Lupo
stunt coordinator: boat battle sequence, stunts
Jack Cooper
stunt coordinator
Jean Coulter
stunts
Richard Epper
stunts
Dean Raphael Ferrandini
stunts
Dorothy Ford
stunt double: Linda Evans
Whitey Hughes
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Howard Anderson II
director of photography: boat battle sequence
E.T. Bowen
first assistant camera
Brink Brydon
gaffer
John Cardiff
assistant camera
Dick Deats
grip
Jerry Deats
grip
Frank Heeney
gaffer
W.C. 'Chunky' Huse
grip
Alec Mills
camera operator
Barry Peake
still photographer
Roger L. Smith
camera operator
Miki Thomas
assistant camera
Michael Waldleitner
clapper/loader
Federico Del Zoppo
assistant camera, director of photography: additional photography
Casting Department
Renate Arbes
casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anton Eder
wardrobe man
Friedel Schröder
wardrobe mistress
Editorial Department
Veronika Manchot
assistant film editor
Ken Morrisey
assistant film editor
Music Department
Allyn Ferguson
conductor
Other Crew
Angela Allen
script supervisor
Bea Blondell
production controller
Elke Busch
production secretary
Betty Chaplin
script supervisor
Veronika Daisenberger
production secretary
Willy Egger
production executive: Bavaria
Jack English
location manager
Anthony Foutz
production consultant
Pam Hauser
production secretary
Vic Heutschy
publicist
Burke Mattsson
title designer
Cass McCune
production coordinator
Rospo Pallenberg
production consultant
Trudy Von Trotha
script supervisor
Elizabeth Yanoska
production accountant
Sherrie Bradshaw
assistant production accountant
Michael Davenport
assistant: Mark Robson
Thanks
Gene Corman
the producers wish to express their appreciation to, for their post production services
Monte Hellman
the producers wish to express their appreciation to, for their post production services
Production Company
Lorimar Productions (Ireland) Ltd.
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Distributor
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
CBS Television
Corona Film
Warner Home Video
Special Effects
Apogee Productions
Miscellaneous
Motion Picture Marine
marine sequences and facilities by
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