The Cassandra Crossing (Film 1976)

The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Tom Mankiewicz and Robert Katz. Click on CC for optional English subtitles.

The film is about a viral outbreak aboard a cross-European train, as it heads to a derelict arch bridge which is liable to collapse. It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg, O. J. Simpson, Ingrid Thulin, Lionel Stander, Ann Turkel, John Phillip Law, and Alida Valli.

The Cinecittà studios in Rome were chosen for interiors, with French and Swiss locales providing most of the location footage. The steel arch bridge depicted in the film is actually the Garabit Viaduct in southern France, built from 1880 to 1884 by Gustave Eiffel, who later constructed the Eiffel Tower.

At the beginning of the film passengers arrive at Geneva railway station to embark on the train. The scenes were shot at Basel SBB railway station. Where Dr Chamberlain enters the station, the green coloured BVB trams and Basel's Central Station Square can be seen in the background.

Cast & Characters:
Sophia Loren as Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain
Richard Harris as Jonathan Chamberlain
Burt Lancaster as Col. Stephen MacKenzie
Martin Sheen as Robby Navarro
Lee Strasberg as Herman Kaplan
Ava Gardner as Nicole Dressler
Ingrid Thulin as Elena Stradner
O. J. Simpson as Haley
Lionel Stander as Max the Conductor
Ann Turkel as Susan
John Phillip Law as Major Stack
Alida Valli as Nanny
Lou Castel as Eklund
Ray Lovelock as Tom
John P. Dulaney as Bobby
Thomas Hunter as Captain Scott
Stefano Patrizi as Lars
Fausta Avelli as Caterina
Carlo De Mejo as Alvin
Renzo Palmer as Alberti