Africa Express (film)
| Africa Express | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Michele Lupo[1] |
| Produced by |
Tritone Filmindustria (Roma)[1] Deutsche Fox Film[1] Salvatore Alabiso |
| Written by |
Mario Amendola Bruno Corbucci Gabriele Martin[1] |
| Starring |
Giuliano Gemma Ursula Andress Jack Palance[1] |
| Music by | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis[1] |
| Cinematography | Roberto Gerardi[1] |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso[1] |
| Distributed by | Cidif[1] |
Release date | 1975 |
Running time | 95 min.[1] |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Africa Express is a 1975 Italian adventure film starring Ursula Andress, Giuliano Gemma, and Jack Palance that was filmed in Rhodesia. A sequel Safari Express with the same leads followed a year later.
Plot
John Baxter is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimpanzee and one dream: to save enough money to buy a gas station in Detroit. Madeleine Cooper is the lady of mystery he runs into as she flees from Hunter.
Cast
- Giuliano Gemma: John Baxter
- Ursula Andress: Madeleine Cooper
- Jack Palance: William Hunter
- Giuseppe Maffioli: Father Gasparetto
- Luciana Turina: Lily
- Rossana Di Lorenzo: Mitzy
- Nello Pazzafini: Hunter's Henchman
- John Wener as Louis Renois
- Romano Puppo
- Sergio Smacchi
- Alberto Dell'Acqua
- Werner Doll
- Biba the chimpanzee[1]
Reception
Italian film critic Marco Giusti calls the film a "cute little movie" (Italian: "filmetto carino"), the best being Ursula Andress dressed as dirty sister.[1]
Bibliography
- Giusti, Marco (1999). dizionario dei film italiani STRACULT [sic]. Cles: Sterling & Kupfer. ISBN 88-200-2919-7.
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