Avalanche Express

Al Hirschfeld (artist)
Mark Robson (director)
Abraham Polonsky (screenwriter)
Colin Forbes (novel)
Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell (starring)

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979. Vintage printed caricature for the 1979 film, showing Lee Marvin, Linda Evans, and Robert Shaw, drawn by noted caricaturist Al Hirschfeld and issued by Twentieth Century-Fox to publicize the film.

A defecting Russian general collaborates with an American secret agent to expose KGB spies throughout Europe by luring them onto a train headed west. Director Mark Robson and actor Robert Shaw died of unrelated heart attacks within months of the film's release, making the film a final effort for both.

Set and shot on location in Germany, England, Ireland, Italy, and the US.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #168017]