X
- 1977
- R
- AVCO Embassy Pictures
- 2 h 9 m
- 1977
- R
- AVCO Embassy Pictures
- 2 h 9 m
Summary Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?
Directed By: George P. Cosmatos
Written By: Robert Katz, Tom Mankiewicz, George P. Cosmatos
- 1977
- R
- AVCO Embassy Pictures
- 2 h 9 m
- 1977
- R
- AVCO Embassy Pictures
- 2 h 9 m
The Cassandra Crossing
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Summary Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?
Directed By: George P. Cosmatos
Written By: Robert Katz, Tom Mankiewicz, George P. Cosmatos
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Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Mixed
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57% Negative
4 Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
30
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Coarse international thriller with a standard group-jeopardy dramatis personae set abroad a trans-European express train boarded by a plague-carrying terrorist. Saved from total mediocrity by an all-star cast that includes Sophia Loren, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Ingrid Thulin, Martin Sheen, OJ Simpson, Richard Harris, and Alida Valli. [28 Oct 2007, p.14]
Script and acting are equally shaky. [27 Sep 2008, p.55]
Forty-three years on, the Cassandra Crossing has aged as only a terrible Seventies movie can. And yet, with its killer virus plot, it has suddenly acquired a horribly relevancy. Four-decades old and creaky even at the time, this five-star clunker nonetheless feels ripped from tomorrow’s headlines.
The Cassandra Crossing is a tired, hokey and sometimes unintentionally funny disaster film in which a trainload of disease-exposed passengers lurch to their fate.
The plague germs rapidly mutate into something harmless, like a cold. The film never mutates: It just goes on, becoming more and more lethal.
The best thing about this forced film is the special effects at the finale.
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Production Company
Associated General Films,
International Cine Productions,
Compagnia Cinematografica Champion,
ITC Entertainment
Release Date Feb 9, 1977
Duration 2 h 9 m
Rating R
Tagline The Fear Is Spreading
Awards
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
• 1 Nomination
