Africa Express (film)

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Africa Express
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Directed by Michele Lupo [1]
Written by Mario Amendola
Bruno Corbucci
Gabriele Martin [1]
Produced byTritone 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 byCidif [1]
Release date
  • 1975 (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.

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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 [2]

Cast

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]

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