| Africa Express | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Michele Lupo |
| Written by | Mario Amendola Bruno Corbucci Gabriele Martin |
| Produced by | Tritone Filmindustria (Roma) Deutsche Fox Film Salvatore Alabiso |
| Starring | Giuliano Gemma Ursula Andress Jack Palance |
| Cinematography | Roberto Gerardi |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso |
| Music by | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis |
| Distributed by | Cidif |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 95 min. |
| 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 as John Baxter
- Ursula Andress as Madeleine Cooper
- Jack Palance as William Hunter
- Giuseppe Maffioli [it] as Father Gasparetto
- Luciana Turina as Lily
- Rossana Di Lorenzo as Mitzy
- Nello Pazzafini as Hunter's Henchman
- John Wener as Louis Renois
- Romano Puppo
- Sergio Smacchi
- Alberto Dell'Acqua
- Werner Doll
- Biba the chimpanzee
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.
Bibliography
- Giusti, Marco (1999). dizionario dei film italiani STRACULT . Cles: Sterling & Kupfer. ISBN 88-200-2919-7.
References
- ^ Giusti 1999, p. 6.
- Africa Express, retrieved 2023-03-17
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