Terror Express
1979 film by Ferdinando Baldi
Terror Express (Italian: La ragazza del vagone letto, lit. "The girl in the sleeping car") is a 1979 Italian crime thriller film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Silvia Dionisio. The screenplay was written by George Eastman.
Plot
A dozen passengers find themselves on some carriages of a train on a long trip. Among them a prostitute, a few couples, some girls, a policeman and three criminals; the latter steal the gun from the policeman and take control of some coaches, committing murders, rapes and humiliation. But an unexpected stop will give Peter, a former convict, the opportunity for revenge.
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