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The Cassandra Crossing (292) IMDb 6.4 2 h 8 min 1977 R Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Wow! Verlhac, Pierre-Henri and Yann-Brice Dherbier. Elena Stradner and US military intelligence Colonel Stephen Mackenzie argue over the nature of the strain, which Stradner suspects is a biological weapon but which Colonel Mackenzie claims was in the process of being destroyed. "Outbreak" meets "The Runaway Train" as a motley group of passengers are quarantined on a train destined to prevent the spread of the disease at the cost of their lives. A blackmailer demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he placed aboard the transatlantic liner Britannic. Was this review helpful to you? A lawman from Bannock arrives in Sabbath to arrest all the cattlemen whose wild celebration the year before resulted in the accidental death of an old man. This FAQ is empty. So what happens next? International Labour Office Building. The producers claimed that they recouped the production costs of the film out of Japan alone. The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 Technicolor Italian - British disaster / thriller film in Panavision directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Richard Harris, Sophia Loren, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg, Ava Gardner and O. J. Simpson about an infected Swedish terrorist who plagues a train's passengers as they head to a derelict arch bridge. She is a married woman now... See full summary ». 64 of 72 people found this review helpful. The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about a disease-infected Swedish terrorist who infects a train's passengers as they head to a derelict arch bridge. Jackson sang the theme song for the 1976 film The Cassandra Crossing and pursued a session singing career notably on the hits "Knock on Wood" by Amii Stewart, "Every Time You Go Away" by Paul Young and "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby. Factual error: The Cassandra Crossing bridge is mentioned to be located in Poland, and you can see power lines indicating that the route is electrified. slide 28 to 32 of 15. "Outbreak" meets "The Runaway Train" as a motley group of passengers are quarantined on a train destined to prevent the spread of the disease at the cost of their lives. "Ava Gardner: Still that certain something.". When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The catastrophes that befall the passengers of a Geneva to Copenhagen train in the picture are positively ridiculous. After they leave, Major Stack informs MacKenzie's superior that both the colonel and the doctor are under surveillance. [3] Ponti also saw the production as a showcase for his wife, Sophia Loren.[4]. Soon he is searching for his teenage passion, Elena (Raquel Welch). The Cassandra Crossing But the bridge collapses, killing everyone aboard the front half. A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Chamberlain learns of the risk of the Cassandra Crossing. "[2] Tom Mankiewicz, who worked on the script, dubbed the film The Towering Germ, a reference to another disaster film of the time, The Towering Inferno. The Flags of the Cross Roads tent fly on the stormy sky at the 2015 Byron Bay Bluesfest on April 3, 2015 in Byron Bay, Australia. Mackenzie informs Chamberlain of the presence of Eklund, who is found, but attempts to remove him via a helicopter are unsuccessful because the train enters a tunnel. Twister. You get an outbreak of plague on a train, heading for a rickety bridge, whose passengers include sundry thieves, arms dealers, terrorists, pretty girls and cute kids. So what happens next? The Cinecittà studios in Rome were chosen for interiors, with French and Swiss locales providing most of the location footage. Sweet Dreams (1970s band)-Wikipedia Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. View production, box office, & company info. Nobody will let them off the train. Released February 9th, 1977, 'The Cassandra Crossing' stars Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, O.J. Yanni (Renato Romano) returns to his homeland on a Greek island after several years in London. If a flaming skyscraper or an upside-down luxury liner filled with stars could draw in hordes at the box office, the reasoning behind The Cassandra Crossing (1976) follows that three threats against a contained group of big name actors equals twice the box office. The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about a disease-infected Swedish terrorist who infects a train's passengers as they head to a derelict arch bridge. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. "[16], The film was booed and hissed at preview screenings by critics. Where Dr Chamberlain enters the station, the green coloured BVB trams and Basel's Central Station Square can be seen in the background. Written by The third terrorist, Eklund, escapes and stows away on a train bound from Geneva to Stockholm. The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about an infected Swedish terrorist who infects a train's passengers as they head to a derelic (1976). - TOP 30 MOVIES ABOUT EPIDEMICS, PANDEMICS & BIOLOGICAL DISASTERS, Escape to Athena: Cast and Crew Interviews. Most Viewed In This Category. By most definitions, this is a pretty bad, crass, melodramatic, ludicrous film, but it's more fun than many a Good Movie I can think of. The train was graffitied with political slogans on one roof, and inside the carriages, whilst sitting stationery overnight at Delemont Station. The Hunt for Red October. A World War II adventure, involving a group of Allied P.O.W.s, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base. However, the line crosses a dangerously unsound steel arch bridge known as the Kasundruv Bridge or the "Cassandra Crossing", out of use since 1948 (former railway Zagorz-Solina-Turka-Lviv between Poland and Ukraine). Chamberlain is also told that the plague has a 60% mortality rate. The Cassandra Crossing (1976) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. There the train is sealed with an enclosed oxygen system and a US Army medical team is placed aboard, with the now-deceased terrorist being placed in a hermetically-sealed coffin. [9] Ava Gardner said "the real reason I'm in this picture is money, baby, pure and simple. "A Clumsy 'Cassandra Crossing'". The Cassandra Crossing. From "Dexter" to The Suicide Squad, here are our picks for the reboots and remakes we're most excited for in 2021 and beyond. Use the HTML below. When the existence of a strain of plague (vaguely identified as pneumonic) is revealed at the US mission at the International Health Organization, three terrorists seek to blow up the US mission. The Cassandra Crossing | Ava Gardner. $3.99 used View Item. The Cassandra Crossing 1976Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. The Cassandra Crossing (71) IMDb 6.4 2h 8min 2002 R Terrifying odyssey of 1,000 doomed passengers trapped aboard a plague-infested train, as it speeds across Europe to the Cassandra Crossing - … Now here's a value for money film. Government intrigue, international smuggling, and the legend of the Cassandra Crossing add to the suspense. $3.99 used View Item. "[11] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 1.5 stars out of 4 and called it "an unintentional parody of a disaster film. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Storyline "Outbreak" meets "The Runaway Train" as a motley group of passengers are quarantined on a train destined to prevent the spread of the disease at the cost of their lives. The scenes were shot at Basel SBB railway station. The Cassandra Crossing Smalling-2 24 March 2000 An infected terrorist escapes from a Geneva chemical institute and carries a deadly plague to a European express train. At Nuremberg, the train is pumped with oxygen and the stricken passengers begin to recover. [3], The Cassandra Crossing, however, still made money. [7], Much of the film's special effects involved models and rear screen work that was largely effective, although the studio artwork shows a typical US diesel locomotive that doesn't resemble anything seen in the film. British producer Lew Grade also contributed $3 million for a joint presentation credit on the same line with Carlo Ponti. Great producer Carlo Ponti shows again, how to handle big scene and story long before, we have this dicitally technology- what often spoiled the films these days. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Authorities quarantine a passenger train when they learn that a virus-infected terrorist got on board. Inception. "[15] Richard Combs of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "The one remotely enjoyable aspect of The Cassandra Crossing is that it knows no proportion in anything—from performances through plotting, shooting style and special effects, it is constantly outdoing itself in monumental silliness. Nobody will let them off the train. Nobody will let them off the train. ", 'Cassandra Crossing' Doomed By Silly Premise, Miscasting, 'Cassandra Crossing' on tracks of disaster, Director gets cross at 'Crossing' critics, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cassandra_Crossing&oldid=1008477921, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 18 December 1976 (Italy & Japan) / 9 February 1977 (USA) / 31 March 1977 (UK). To prevent the spread of the plague, Colonel MacKenzie directs the train to the Cassandra Crossing where it will plunge into oblivion, killing all aboard. This page was last edited on 23 February 2021, at 14:22. Stradner believes that the train should be stopped so that the terrorist can be removed and quarantined, but Col. Mackenzie is concerned that all of the passengers on the train might be infected. Government intrigue, international smuggling, and the legend of the Cassandra Crossing add to the suspense. A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. Two of them are shot, one mortally, by security personnel but one escapes. $3.99 used View Item. 4, route des Morillons, 1211 Genève 22, Switzerland. A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator. "[14] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote, "Cosmatos is an absentminded, huffing-puffing director who seems to keep hoping we'll overlook his frazzled continuity, which suggests an old serial slapped together in such a way that the cliffhanging bits are never resolved. [3], Peter O'Toole was offered the lead role, but he turned it down. Here are some great movies worth streaming that you won't see at the Oscars this year. Earlier, the route is said to be closed in 1948. "Outbreak" meets "The Runaway Train" as a motley group of passengers are quarantined on a train destined to prevent the spread of the disease at the cost of their lives. Richard Harris played the part instead.[8]. He radios MacKenzie suggesting the infected portion of the train be uncoupled and isolated, but MacKenzie, acting under orders, has no intention of stopping the train: if, as expected, the Cassandra Crossing collapses, it will neatly cover the fact that the U.S has been harbouring germ warfare agents in a neutral country. Production began several months earlier, in Nov 1975, at Rome’s Cinecitta studios. Read 7 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The Cassandra Crossing (1976) Trivia (21) Add new Production on the movie in Switzerland was delayed, due to vandalism. $4.69 used View Item. The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue Comes to Blu-ray for the First Time Ever This Fall, Synapse announce new ‘The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue’ Ltd Edition Steelbook, Synapse Films to Release The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue on 3-Disc Steelbook September 1st, OUTBREAK !!! The Cassandra Crossing Sophia Loren (Actor), Richard Harris (Actor), George Pan Cosmatos (Director) We've got helicopters, shoot-outs, explosions, songs, heroic sacrifices, Martin Sheen as Ava Gardner's kept boyfriend, Lee Strasberg emoting nobly and Burt Lancaster as an Army General who is Not To Be Trusted. The Cassandra Crossing book. [10], Richard Eder of The New York Times called the film "profoundly, offensively stupid," with Ava Gardner "awful in an awful role" and Sophia Loren "totally miscast. Mackenzie, however, informs passengers that police have received reports of anarchist bombs placed along the rail line, and that the train will be rerouted to Nuremberg. Government intrigue, international smuggling, and the legend of the Cassandra Crossing add to the suspense. George Pan Cosmatos directs at a fair lick, the setpieces are staged with relish, there's some neat bits of dialogue (courtesy of Tom Manciewiez, one suspects) and a spectacular climax. [6], At the beginning of the film passengers arrive at Geneva railway station to embark on the train. Released by Prometheus in 2008 (XPCD 165) containing music from The Cassandra Crossing (1977). The presence of the infected terrorist, and the rerouting of the train, precipitates the second conflict, among passengers on the train; they include Jonathan Chamberlain, a famous neurologist, his ex-wife Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain, a former inmate of Janov and Holocaust survivor Herman Kaplan, and Nicole Dressler, the wife of a German arms dealer. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him. Lt. Col. Herbert Kappler is ordered to execute ten times that Italians. Thomas. Terrorists have planted a deadly virus on a transcontinental train. The Cassandra Crossing (1976) is an action thriller directed by George P. Cosmatos (Rambo: First Blood Part II,Tombstone,Cobra).Passengers on board an international express train are threatened by a deadly and highly contagious virus after an infected terrorist stows away on the train following a … The film holds a score of 30% on Rotten Tomatoes based on ten reviews. A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved. Black Sunday is the powerful story of a Black September terrorist group attempting to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the president of the United States in attendance. The surviving terrorist is hospitalized and quarantined and identified as Swedish. [3] The steel arch bridge depicted in the film is actually the Garabit Viaduct in southern France, built from 1880 to 1884 by Gustave Eiffel, who later constructed the Eiffel tower. Cassandra Crossing is one of my favoriten movie, specially cause of legendary Sophia Loren- but also, because films characters ar believable and alive and story itself is exiting. Government intrigue, international smuggling, and the legend of the Cassandra Crossing add to the suspense. A railway bridge high above a river, so unsafe that the locals ‘won’t live underneath it’. The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about a disease-infected Swedish terrorist who infects a … The Cassandra Crossing is kind of like Murder on the Orient Express meets Contagion, wherein the potential killer is a virulent strain of pneumonic plague set loose on a Swiss train bound for Stockholm. She is embroiled in an affair with her young companion Robby Navarro. Arnold, Hary (February 10, 1977). Add the first question. "[13] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called the film "a disaster picture quite literally disastrous and so awful it's unintentionally hilarious. Kevin (February 9, 1977). The Cassandra Crossing soundtrack from 1976, composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The Cassandra Crossing was only the second film made by Lee Strasberg. Chamberlain and Haley form a group of passengers to overcome the guards and seize control of the train before it reaches the doomed bridge. Navarro is a heroin trafficker being pursued by Interpol agent Haley, who is travelling undercover as a priest. With the backing of the media tycoon Sir Lew Grade (the head of the British broadcast network Associated Television) and the Italian film producer Carlo Ponti, the international all-star cast was expected to attract a widespread audience, with rights sold prior to filming, to both British and American distributors. (They also might not want to live underneath it because they’d be living in a river, or on a precipitous cliff overhanging a river, but that probably doesn’t help). "[12] Variety dismissed the film as, "a tired, hokey and sometimes unintentionally funny disaster film in which a trainload of disease-exposed passengers lurch to their fate. The … Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California. The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about an infected Swedish terrorist who infects a train’s passengers as they head to a derelict arch bridge. $3.99 used View Item. Mackenzie insists on rerouting the train to a disused railway line which goes to a former Nazi concentration camp in Janov, Poland where the passengers will be quarantined. Max, the train's conductor, applies the manual brakes and stops the remaining cars just before reaching the downed bridge. Rome, March 23, 1944: 33 German soldiers are killed by a bomb. After Navarro is killed by the guards trying to reach the engine, and Haley and Kaplan sacrifice themselves, Chamberlain manages to separate the rear half of the train, hoping that with less weight the front half will cross safely.
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