The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
- Starring:
- Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Pan Cosmatos
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Action / Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
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This bizarre entry into the disaster film genre concerns a group of hapless passengers aboard a transcontinental luxury train who are infected with a viral plague by a group of terrorists. Burt Lancaster plays military man Mackenzie, who wants to send the train across a rickety bridge so all the passengers will die, with Mackenzie reasoning the tragedy will give the terrorist movement a bad name. Among the passengers on the train trying to build up antibodies are Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain (Sophia Loren); Nicole (Ava Gardner), who is embroiled in an affair with a younger man named Robby Navarro (Martin Sheen); and Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain (Richard Harris), a physician who wants to save the passengers but ends up duking it out with the terrorists. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 132 mins
Complete Cast:
- Sophia Loren - Jennifer
- Ava Gardner - Nicole
- Martin Sheen - Navarro
- Lee Strasberg - Kaplan
- Ann Turkel - Susan
- Lionel Stander - Conductor
- Alida Valli - Mrs. Chadwick
- Stefano Patrizi - Attendant
- Candice Bergen
- Thomas Hunter - Capt. Scott
- Richard Harris - Chamberlain
- Burt Lancaster - MacKenzie
- Ingrid Thulin - Elena
- John Phillip Law - Stack
- O.J. Simpson - Father Haley
- Raymond Lovelock - Tom
- Lou Castel - Driver
- Fausta Avelli - Katherine
- Carlo de Mejo - Patient
- Director(s):
- George Pan Cosmatos
- Writer(s):
- Robert Katz, George Pan Cosmatos, Tom Mankiewicz
- Producer(s):
- Lew Grade, Carlo Ponti
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Questionable for Children, Violence, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense, Action / Adventure
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