Africa Express (film)
{{short description|1975 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Africa Express
| image = Africa Express poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Michele Lupo{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
| producer = Tritone Filmindustria (Roma){{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
Deutsche Fox Film{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
Salvatore Alabiso
| writer = Mario Amendola
Bruno Corbucci
Gabriele Martin{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
| starring = Giuliano Gemma
Ursula Andress
Jack Palance{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
| music =Guido & Maurizio De Angelis{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
| cinematography = Roberto Gerardi{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
| editing = Eugenio Alabiso{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
| distributor = Cidif{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
| released = {{Film date|1975}}
| runtime = 95 min.{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
}}
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 {{Citation |title=Africa Express |url=https://mubi.com/films/africa-express |access-date=2023-03-17 |language=en}}
Cast
- Giuliano Gemma as John Baxter
- Ursula Andress as Madeleine Cooper
- Jack Palance as William Hunter
- {{ill|Giuseppe Maffioli|it|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{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
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.{{sfn|Giusti|1999|p=6}}
Bibliography
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- {{cite book|last1=Giusti|first1=Marco|title=dizionario dei film italiani STRACULT [sic]|date=1999|publisher=Sterling & Kupfer|location=Cles|isbn=88-200-2919-7}}
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0072614|Africa Express}}
Category:1970s action adventure films
Category:1970s Italian-language films
Category:Films directed by Michele Lupo
Category:Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Category:Italian action adventure films
Category:Films with screenplays by Mario Amendola
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