Africa Express
Directed by	Michele Lupo[1]
Written by	Mario Amendola Bruno Corbucci Gabriele Martin[1]
Produced by	Tritone 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 by	Cidif[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.

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

• Giuliano Gemma as John Baxter
• Ursula Andress as Madeleine Cooper
• Jack Palance as William Hunter
• Giuseppe Maffioli [it] 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^[1]

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]

Bibliography

References

External links

• Africa Express at IMDb
• Africa Express at AllMovie

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