Cinema: Derailed

THE CASSANDRA CROSSING

For reasons never fully explained we are asked to believe that the U.S. Government is storing deadly bacteria, useful in germ warfare, at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. For reasons never fully explained, a team of agents—their allegiance never identified—breaks in to rip the stuff off. Two are stopped, but one gets away and, infected with the plague, boards an international express train bound for Sweden. For reasons n.f.e., Burt Lancaster, the American intelligence agent in charge of arresting both crook and disease, orders the cars sealed (to prevent...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!