The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
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29% of critics liked it
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52% of users liked it
(2,567 ratings)
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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- George P. Cosmatos
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Feb 9, 1977 Wide
- Studio
- AVCO Embassy Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Your usual over-the-top blockbuster disaster of a formulaic disaster movie.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
High-camp disaster chesnut full of overripe acting, runaway trains, and a killer virus!
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Cast
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Sophia Loren
as Jennifer
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Richard Harris
as Chamberlain
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Ava Gardner
as Nicole
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Burt Lancaster
as MacKenzie
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Martin Sheen
as Navarro
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Ingrid Thulin
as Elena
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Lee Strasberg
as Kaplan
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John Phillip Law
as Stack
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Ann Turkel
as Susan
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O.J. Simpson
as Father Haley
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Lionel Stander
as Conductor
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Ray Lovelock
as Tom
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Alida Valli
as Mrs. Chadwick
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Lou Castel
as Driver
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Stefano Patrizi
as Attendant
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Fausta Avelli
as Katherine
- Candice Bergen
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Carlo De Mejo
as Patient
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Thomas Hunter
as Capt. Scott
- Tom Hunter
