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Robert Shaw's last film, in which he stars as a Russian defecting to the West by train under the guard of rogue CIA agent Lee Marvin. Marvin plans to use the journey to flush out his arch-enemy, Russian agent Nikolai Bunin, whose renegade group is planning to unleash biological warfare on the West.

Keywords:

Action, Drama, Thriller, Spy, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Censored

Additional Information:

(1979) (USA / Ireland) (2 Star)

Cast:

Lee Marvin	.... Col. Harry Wargrave
Robert Shaw	.... General Marenkov
Linda Evans	.... Elsa Lang
Maximilian Schell	.... Nikolai Bunin
Joe Namath	.... Leroy
Horst Buchholz	.... Scholten

Supporting Cast:

Mike Connors	.... Haller
Claudio Cassinelli	.... Molinari
Kristina Nel	.... Helga Mann
David Hess	.... Geiger
Günter Meisner	.... Muehler
Sylva Langova	.... Olga
Cyril Shaps	.... Sedov
Vladek Sheybal	.... Zennokin
Arthur Brauss	.... Neckermann

Directors:

Monte Hellman
Mark Robson

Writers:

Colin Forbes
Abraham Polonsky