CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west. Wargrave decides they should travel to safety on a train across Europe, the "Atlantic Express". During the journey, they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin.
Lee Marvin
as Harry Wargrave
Robert Shaw
as General Markenkov
Linda Evans
as Else Lang
Maximilian Schell
as Colonel Nikolai Bunin
Joe Namath
as Leroy
Horst Buchholz
as Scholten
Mike Connors
as Haller
Claudio Cassinelli
as Molinari
Kristina Nel
as Helga Mann
David Hess
as Geiger
Günter Meisner
as Rudi Muehler
Sylva Langová
as Olga
