EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 Technicolor Italian-British disaster/thriller film in Panavision directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Richard Harris, Sophia Loren, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg, Ava Gardner and O. J. Simpson about an infected Swedish terrorist who plagues a train's passengers as they head to a derelict arch bridge. 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 disease-infected Swedish terrorist who infects a train's passengers as they head to a derelict arch bridge. Earlier, the route is said to be closed in 1948. Directed by George P. Cosmatos. Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Directed by (1) Writing credits (5) Cast (30) Produced by (3) Music by (1) Cinematography by (1) Film Editing by (2) Production Design by (1) Set Decoration by (1) Costume Design by (1) Makeup Department (5) Production Management (3) The Cassandra Crossing Item Preview > remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. A railway bridge high above a river, so unsafe that the locals ‘won’t live underneath it’. Nobody will let them off the train. (They also might not want to live underneath it because they’d be living in a river, or on a precipitous cliff overhanging a river, but that probably doesn’t help). flag. The Cassandra Crossing (1976) Full Cast & Crew. Raphael Trotman, Chairman of the dying political outfit, the Alliance For Change (AFC), is offering himself to the government as a bridge between the PPP and the APNU+AFC. So what happens next? Nobody will let them off the train. Simpson. With Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, O.J. 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 an infected Swedish terrorist who infects a train’s passengers as they head to a derelict arch bridge. EMBED. No_Favorite. Factual error: The Cassandra Crossing bridge is mentioned to be located in Poland, and you can see power lines indicating that the route is electrified. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. The Cassandra Crossing is kind of like Murder on the Orient Express meets Contagion, wherein the potential killer is a virulent strain of pneumonic plague set loose on a Swiss train bound for Stockholm. This is what he told this newspaper. So what happens next? The Cassandra Crossing collapsed under the weight killing large numbers of people. The Flags of the Cross Roads tent fly on the stormy sky at the 2015 Byron Bay Bluesfest on April 3, 2015 in Byron Bay, Australia. The Cassandra Crossing. share.