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Casablanca Express

- ... British S.I.S. and U.S. Marines rescue Winston Churchill from Nazi storm troopers in the Moroccan Desert... Stop.

It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon discovers that the Natzis are planning to capture Winston Churchill. In order to protect him they send commando Al Cooper to guard Churchill who is going by train to Casablanca where he will meet with Roosevelt and Stalin.

Release Date : 1989-12-22

Language :EnglishItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Dania FilmNational CinematograficaSurf FilmGlobe FilmsDania Cinematografica

Production Country : ItalyMoroccoUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Alan Cooper

Original Name : Jason Connery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Franchetti

Original Name : Francesco Quinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Bats

Original Name : Donald Pleasence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Major Gen. Williams

Original Name : Glenn Ford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nanny

Original Name : Luisa Maneri

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lt. Lorna Fisher

Original Name : Jinny Steffan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Major Valmore

Original Name : Jean Sorel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Otto Von Tiblis

Original Name : Manfred Lehmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Horst Schön

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jason Lloyd

Original Name : David Brandon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Olga

Original Name : Marina Viro

Gender : Female

Character Name : Liz

Original Name : Giulia Urso

Gender : Female

Character Name : Julian

Original Name : Giovanni Tamberi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barry

Original Name : Augusto Poderosi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Winston Churchill

Original Name : John Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Churchill's Double

Original Name : Phillip Vye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Jerry Frazer

Original Name : Todd Carter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Myriam

Original Name : Claire Selinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Muezzim

Original Name : Omar Chanbout

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Del Croix

Original Name : J.R.M. Chapman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Passenger

Original Name : Jean-Pierre Chevallier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nun #1

Original Name : Stella Vizzazi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nun #2

Original Name : Sabah Chahid

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arab Medina

Original Name : Zakaria El Ahmadi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arab Girl

Original Name : Khadiya Hadda

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Radio Operator

Original Name : Khalid Nekmouche

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stationmaster

Original Name : Bouchaid Ben Chefii

Gender : Male

Character Name : U.S. Marine Officer

Original Name : Dennis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Michael Vargas

Gender : Male

Character Name : American Officer

Original Name : Robert Chavagnac

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Radio Operator

Original Name : Guillaume De Casenove

Gender : Male

Character Name : Station Worker #1

Original Name : Malayrand J. Pierre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Station Worker #2

Original Name : Christian Chamalaud

Gender : Male

Reviews

CyrusPK

@CyrusPK

2021-06-23

Star power is perhaps less important in movies today than it was in decades past. Films are more often sold on a concept rather than a name and it is far less common for a star to have the ability to ‘open’ a film on their name power alone. The casting for Casablanca Express, a World War II set tale shot in Morocco and Italy demonstrates two types of name casting of the period. The first is the use of actors who had substantial careers but were perhaps past the point of being headliners themselves anymore. Glenn Ford at the age of 73 and Donald Pleasance at 70 are given substantial supporting roles that rely on their presence and the ability for their names to be used in print and related advertising. Ford had given very few acting performances in the previous decade, whilst Pleasance had been hugely busy in a large range of low budget features. The older audience would be familiar with the actors’ work and be happy perhaps to see them again in a feature. The second form of name recognition used is to cast the offspring of known actors, in this case the sons of Sean Connery and Anthony Quinn, relying perhaps on curiosity value from the audience about whether they would be equivalent level stars to their parents. In this case neither has a great deal of charisma but their evident willingness to engage in complex stunt work un-doubled for the most part is impressive. The complex action sequences atop and around trains go a long way to adding to the conviction of the film. The plot is fairly perfunctory though with a non-cheat twist ending and the remote locations through which the train of the title travels are fairly evocative. Dialogue is at time unintentionally hilarious and extensive post-production dubbing appears to have occurred. I enjoyed my first viewing of Casablanca Express but did not feel it had sufficient depth or other items of interest that would support a repeat viewing.