CASSANDRA CROSSING (FULL SCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1976
• Genre: Action, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Martin Sheen, O.J. Simpson, Lee Strasberg, Ingrid Thulin and John Phillip Law star in this terrifying odyssey of a plague-infested train, speeding across Europe to the Cassandra Crossing and death. When a plague-infested terrorist, fleeing from the police, exposes the 1,000 riders of the Geneva to Stockholm Express, Colonel MacKenzie (Lancaster) is called in to handle the situation. He locates a doctor aboard the train, Jonathan Chamberlain (Harris) who, with his wife (Loren), finds the fugitive. They attempt to transfer him to a hovering helicopter, but fail, and the terrorist dies. To prevent the spread of the plague. Colonel MacKenzie directs the train to the Cassandra Crossing where it will plunge to oblivion, killing all aboard. At Nuremberg, the train is pumped with oxygen and the stricken passengers begin to recover. Dr. Chamberlain argues that they be spared, but Colonel MacKenzie refuses, and as the train rushes toward the collapsing Cassandra Crossing bridge. Chamberlain struggles to disconnect the cars and save the passengers from their appointment with doom.
• Cast: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, O.J. Simpson, Lionel Stander, Ann Turkel, Ingrid Thulin, Lee Strasberg, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Lou Castel, John Phillip Law, Ray Lovelock, Alida Valli, Stefano Patrizi, Thomas Hunter, Fausta Avelli, Angela Goodwin, Carlo De Mejo, John P. Dulaney, Renzo Palmer, Michael Staudt, Adam Strasberg, David Lee Strasberg, Thomas Williams, George P. Cosmatos, Robert Katz
• Director: George P. Cosmatos
• Runtime: 2:12
• Company: Artisan Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie