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Africa Express (film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.
Cast
* Giuliano Gemma as John Baxter
* Ursula Andress as Madeleine Cooper
* Jack Palance as William Hunter
* 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
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.
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