Africa Express (1975)
Genre : Action, Comedy, Adventure
Runtime : 1H 38M
Director : Michele Lupo
Writer : Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci, Gabrielle Martin
Synopsis
John Baxter (Giuliano Gemma) is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimpanzee and one dream: to save enough money to buy a gas station in Detroit. Ursula Andress is Madeleine Cooper, the lady of mystery he runs into as she flees from the hunter played by Jack Palance.
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