by Phillip Erlewine
synopsis
Lee Marvin plays a CIA agent who lures a Soviet biological warfare expert aboard a European train in the hopes of murdering the expert, thus eliminating a world threat. Things go awry when the train is caught in an avalanche.
characteristics
themes
keywords
on-the-run
train [locomotive]
espionage
defector
avalanche
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