You would think a movie with such an all-star cast as Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw(in his very last role), Linda Evans(from that DYNASTY show), and footballer Joe Namath might be more well-remembered. I had never heard of this until recently and after watching it I can kinda understand why. The filmmakers here seem to be trying to mix a disaster film with an espionage/spy flick. The disaster elements are really secondary though and the titular avalanche is done with halfway through the film. The secret agent stuff about transporting Shaw, who's a Russian defector(his actual voice is oddly dubbed over), is also fairly lackluster and manages to make whatever action scenes there are pretty unexciting. On a positive note though horror/exploitation fans get to see the great David Hess actually do some acting outside of the usual roles he was given, so at least there's that.
