The Cassandra Crossing
1976 disaster thriller film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about a disease-infected Swedish terrorist who infects a cross-European train's passengers as they head to a derelict arch bridge which is liable to collapse.
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Directed by | George Pan Cosmatos |
Screenplay by | Tom Mankiewicz Robert Katz George Pan Cosmatos |
Story by | Robert Katz George Pan Cosmatos |
Produced by | Carlo Ponti Lew Grade |
Starring | Sophia Loren Richard Harris Burt Lancaster Ava Gardner Martin Sheen O. J. Simpson Lee Strasberg |
Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
Edited by | Roberto Silvi Françoise Bonnot |
Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
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Distributed by | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
Release date | 18 December 1976 (Italy & Japan) / 9 February 1977 (USA) / 31 March 1977 (UK) |
Running time | 129 minutes |
Countries | Italy United Kingdom West Germany |
Language | English |
Budget | $3 million[1] or $6 million[2] |
Box office | $4.2 million[3] $15,300,000 (Japan) SEK 152,111 (Sweden) |
With the backing of the media tycoon Sir Lew Grade (the head of the British broadcast network Associated Television) and the Italian film producer Carlo Ponti, the international all-star cast was expected to attract a widespread audience, with rights sold prior to filming, to both British and American distributors.[4] Ponti also saw the production as a showcase for his wife, Sophia Loren.[5]