The Cassandra Crossing
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| Directed by | George Pan Cosmatos |
| Screenplay by | Tom Mankiewicz Robert Katz George Pan Cosmatos |
| Story by | Robert Katz George Pan Cosmatos |
| Produced by | Carlo Ponti Lew Grade |
| Starring | Sophia Loren Richard Harris Burt Lancaster Ava Gardner Martin Sheen O. J. Simpson Lee Strasberg |
| Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
| Edited by | Roberto Silvi Françoise Bonnot |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
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| Distributed by | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Countries | Italy United Kingdom West Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million or $6 million |
| Box office | $4.2 million $15,300,000 (Japan) SEK 152,111 (Sweden) |
The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about a diseased Swedish terrorist who infects a cross-European train's passengers as they head to a derelict arch bridge which is liable to collapse.
With the backing of the media tycoon Sir Lew Grade (the head of the British broadcast network Associated Television) and the Italian film producer Carlo Ponti, the international all-star cast was expected to attract a widespread audience, with rights sold prior to filming, to both British and American distributors. Ponti also saw the production as a showcase for his wife, Sophia Loren.