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Horror Express is a British film of genre Drama directed by Eugenio Martín released in USA on 3 december 1973 with Christopher Lee
Horror Express (1972)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 3 december 1973
Length 1h30
Directed by Eugenio Martín
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Zombie films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Film se déroulant dans un train
Rating64%
Horror Express, also known as Pánico en el Transiberiano (Panic on the Trans-Siberian Express), is a 1972 Spanish/British horror film directed by Eugenio Martín and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza and Telly Savalas. It was produced by Bernard Gordon and written by Arnaud d'Usseau and Julian Zimet (credited as Julian Halevy). The film is based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell.
Synopsis
In 1906, Saxton (Christopher Lee), a renowned British anthropologist, is returning to Europe by the Trans-Siberian Express from China to Moscow. With him is a crate containing the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature that he discovered in a cave in Manchuria. He hopes it is a missing link in human evolution. Doctor Wells (Peter Cushing), Saxton's friendly rival and Royal Society colleague, is also on board but travelling separately. Before the train departs Shanghai, a thief is found dead on the platform. His eyes are completely white without irises or pupils, and a bystander initially mistakes him for a blind man. A monk named Father Pujardov (Alberto de Mendoza), the spiritual advisor to a Polish Count and Countess who are also waiting to board the train, proclaims the contents of the crate to be evil. Saxton furiously dismisses this as superstition. Saxton's eagerness to keep his scientific find secret arouses the suspicion of Wells, who bribes a porter to investigate the crate. The porter is killed by the ape-like creature within, which then escapes the crate by picking the lock.Actors
Christopher Lee
(Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton)
Peter Cushing
(Dr. Wells)
Telly Savalas
(Captain Kazan)
Alberto de Mendoza
(Father Pujardov)
Helga Liné
(Natasha)
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