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Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?
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- 1 nomination
Thomas Hunter
- Captain Scott
- (as Tom Hunter)
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- TriviaAccording to the book "Sophia Loren: A Biography," Ava Gardner gave Loren the following advice during production: "Always shoot your close-ups first thing in the morning, honey, 'cause your looks ain't gonna hold out all day."
- GoofsWhile the crew attempts to lower things onto the moving train with a helicopter, it conveniently changes from overhead-powered electric to diesel. Immediately afterwards, it changes back.
- Quotes
Susan: [Very ill] I don't look too good, hunh?
Herman Kaplan: Ah, Liebchen, even now you make me wish I was fifty again!
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION Geneva
- Alternate versionsSPOILER: The 1980s American video version deletes all the carnage during the final sequence, when half of the train goes onto the bridge, which collapses under it. This version shows the train itself, crashing to the ground, but removes the interior shots of passengers being killed, as well as shots of bodies floating in the river in the aftermath, giving the impression that the front half of the train was empty when it fell. This version also deletes the scene with the song "I'm Still On My Way", sung by the hippies, various instances of cursing and other assorted shots which got the film its R rating in 1976.
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A trainload of European and American travelers becomes doomed when a medical terrorist infected with bubonic plague stows away and brings the deadly disease on board. As a way of taking care of the mess, the military solution, which wins out over the medical one, in your typical heated and ongoing debate between a colonel and a doctor, is to seal the train shut, occupy it with well-armed soldiers dressed in white jumpsuits and gas masks, and then send them all to the "Cassandra Crossing", a high metal bridge spanning a river far below, that's just waiting for a reason to collapse. However, a passenger rebellion is organized that's quite exciting, as OJ Simpson (a cop) teams with Richard Harris (a doctor) and Martin Sheen (a heroin addict and the companion of Ava Gardner), to free the train, and somehow disconnect the cars. Given a little more drama and attention, the rebellion could have really made this film great, but the film fits into a suitable conclusion that doesn't do much justice to the issues it deals with.
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- Also known as
- The Planet of Horrors
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- Basel, Kanton Basel Stadt, Switzerland(train station)
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- $6,000,000 (estimated)
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By what name was The Cassandra Crossing (1976) officially released in India in English?
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