Soviet General Marenkov (Robert Shaw) is trying to defect. CIA agent Harry Wargrave (Lee Marvin) leads a group to facilitate it while he's traveling on a train known as the Avalanche Express. Nikolai Bunin (Maximilian Schell) is a Soviet agent determined to stop it.
The team includes Linda Evans and Joe Namath. I can't say if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I can say that Namath is no great actor. The plot is a muddle. Without the synopsis, I would be lost. This is general confused filmmaking. It needs some better exposition. It needs clarity. I don't know who's shooting who half the time and then somebody sets off an avalanche for a crazy scheme. It is good for a fun B-movie work with miniatures. This should not be that bad. It's more that it's made that way. It's derivative and I blame most of it on the filmmakers.
After going to wiki, it mentions that both the director and Robert Shaw died during production. That probably explains everything.
The team includes Linda Evans and Joe Namath. I can't say if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I can say that Namath is no great actor. The plot is a muddle. Without the synopsis, I would be lost. This is general confused filmmaking. It needs some better exposition. It needs clarity. I don't know who's shooting who half the time and then somebody sets off an avalanche for a crazy scheme. It is good for a fun B-movie work with miniatures. This should not be that bad. It's more that it's made that way. It's derivative and I blame most of it on the filmmakers.
After going to wiki, it mentions that both the director and Robert Shaw died during production. That probably explains everything.