Terror Express

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Terror Express
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Directed by Ferdinando Baldi
Written by George Eastman [1]
Produced byCoop. Rinascita Cinematografica
Starring Silvia Dionisio
Cinematography Giuseppe Aquari
Edited byAlessandro Lucidi
Music by Marcello Giombini
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Language Italian

Terror Express (Italian : La ragazza del vagone letto, lit. "The girl in the sleeping car") is a 1979 Italian horror-crime film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Silvia Dionisio. [2] [3] [4] The screenplay was written by George Eastman. [5]

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Plot

A dozen passengers find themselves on some carriages of a train on a long trip. Among them a prostitute, a few couples, some girls, a policeman and three criminals; the latter steal the gun from the policeman and take control of some coaches, committing murders, rapes and humiliation. But an unexpected stop will give Peter, a former convict, the opportunity for revenge.

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