Product Details

• Actors: Jason Connery, Francesco Quinn, Jinny Steffan, Manfred Lehmann, Jean Sorel
• Directors: Sergio Martino
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, Italian
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Greatest Sports Legends
• DVD Release Date: June 7, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005M2EA
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #240,205 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Nazi commandos hijack a train carrying British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to a secret meeting in Casablanca during World War II. Can three allied agents mount a daring rescue to save the day?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Middling World War II Action-Adventure, December 17, 2001

By	Robert Huggins (Suburban Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

By no means is "Casablanca Express" a great movie, but it is passable entertainment if you're not too discriminating and can accept some lapses in logic. Jason (son of Sean) Connery and Francesco (son of Anthony) Quinn are assigned to protect Winston Churchill who's travelling through North Africa on the Casablanca Express during World War II. The Germans are tipped off about Churchill's presence on the train and soon paratroopers capture the train and Churchill. It's up to Connery and Quinn (and the comely female agent Lorna) to rescue Mr. Churchill. Glenn Ford and Donald Pleasence have extended cameos as members of the Allied military brass in this European production. "Casablanca Express" makes a nice companion film to the superior "The Eagle Has Landed," wherein a team of German commandos attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Churchill on English soil.

The DVD, from Front Row, is another one of their budget releases, so don't expect too much. There are chapter breaks and biographies/filmographies for Connery and Pleasence, though the filmography for Pleasence, a prolific film actor, is missing many of his films. The film is presented full screen and the transfer, while not great, is acceptable for a budget release. The bottom line on "Casablanca Express" is that it's a fair time passer if you're not too demanding.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Well, I almost got through the whole thing, August 3, 2005

By	Reader0111 "29erSavoy" (Anaheim, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casablanca Express (DVD)

This movie is a very good example of something that should have been allowed to rot in the can! I'm a fan of classic movies being transferred to DVD, if for no other reason to preserve them. But this was a waste of money when it was made, and it's a waste of money on DVD. Extremely poor story line, extremely poor acting, production quality on the film is so bad that you will wonder if there is a hidden fan on right next to your head.

I'm embarrassed to say that I couldn't think of anything good to say about this production.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I think this is the worst war movie I've ever seen - & that says alot!, June 25, 2007

By	Josephus "apocrypha1611" (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casablanca Express (DVD)

The reviewer who said this was a good film must have been smoking crack when he watched it. The acting is beyond bad, the production and direction isn't any better - yet I couldn't stop watching it. I just wanted to make sure Glenn Ford (73 years old at the time this film was made) & Donald Pleasance (who was 70 at the time)couldn't add a little dignity to this dog of a film - they didn't. Which begs the question why did these two veteran actors lower themselves to such a horrible film? A. They 'really' needed the money OR B. They owed a big favor to the two main actor's daddy's (those famous dads being Sean Connery and Anthony Quinn). Unless you've got 90 minutes of your life you really don't care about stay away from this unbelievably bad movie.
However, there is one bright spot - this film really does remind me of the spaghetti westerns than Clint Eastwood starred in or even more like the film `They call me Trinity.' Those films were made in the early 1960's and this dog was made in 1989 which makes it a little interesting that there are still directors who still don't know how to make a film.