Africa Express

• Giuliano Gemma: John Baxter
• Ursula Andress: Madeleine Cooper
• Jack Palance: Robert Preston
• Giuseppe Maffioli: Padre Gasparetto
• Luciana Turina: Lily
• Rossana Di Lorenzo: Mitzy
• Nello Pazzafini: Preston's henchmen
• Romano Puppo

Africa Express is a Italian - German adventure comedy film from 1976 with Giuliano Gemma and Ursula Andress in the lead roles. Directed by Michele Lupo, who is best known as the director of Bud Spencer films.

Action

John Baxter has lived in Africa, where he moves out with an old truck Post and the supply of the population is taking over everyday goods. He wants to earn enough money to one day take over a gas station in Detroit can. Baxter is accompanied by his pet, the chimpanzee Biba. Because he does not trust banks, he trusts his money to the priest Gasparetto, who runs a mission station in the area.

One day he meets a young woman who pretends to be a nun, Sister Magdalene, but in reality Madeleine Cooper is, and is in search of a former double agent who fled to Africa, living there under the false name of Robert Preston. Baxter helps her because he is the one in love with her, on the other Preston itself also can not stand. For additional assistance, the two of Biba, Gasparetto and an indigenous tribe, which is one of Baxter's customers. Together they can make Preston arrest.

Madeleine gives Baxter a job with the Secret Service, but he refuses. He'd rather live a calmer, less dangerous life, even though that means the separation of Madeleine. Baxter returns to Gasparetto, only to find that the priest, who held him for dead, it has been used for the construction of a hospital.

German dubbed version

From the film, there is a German dubbed version, to among other things, Arnold Marquis is involved as a speaker by Jack Palance. Gasparetto is in the German version of the Bavarian priest Kaspar.

Reviews

The lexicon of the International film called Africa Express as naive adventure film with distortion of stupid Christian missionary work. According to the magazine Cinema is a weak copy of American models such as African Queen and A Mules for Sister Sara.

Continuation

Under the title Safari Express appeared in 1977 a sequel, also with Gemma and Andress in the lead roles and Maffioli as Gasparetto.