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.
Africa Express | |
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Directed by | Michele Lupo[1] |
Written by | Mario Amendola Bruno Corbucci Gabriele Martin[1] |
Produced by | Tritone Filmindustria (Roma)[1] Deutsche Fox Film[1] Salvatore Alabiso |
Starring | Giuliano Gemma Ursula Andress Jack Palance[1] |
Cinematography | Roberto Gerardi[1] |
Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso[1] |
Music by | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis[1] |
Distributed by | Cidif[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 min.[1] |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Plot
editJohn 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 [2]
Cast
edit- Giuliano Gemma as John Baxter
- Ursula Andress as Madeleine Cooper
- Jack Palance as William Hunter
- Giuseppe Maffioli 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[1]
Reception
editItalian 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
edit- Giusti, Marco (1999). dizionario dei film italiani STRACULT [sic]. Cles: Sterling & Kupfer. ISBN 88-200-2919-7.
References
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