Africa Express is a 1975 Italian adventure film starring Ursula Andress, Giuliano Gemma, and Jack Palance that was filmed in Rhodesia. A sequel Safari Express with the same leads followed a year later.
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Plot
John Baxter 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. Madeleine Cooper is the lady of mystery he runs into as she flees from Hunter.
Cast
Giuliano Gemma as John Baxter
Ursula Andress as Madeleine Cooper
Jack Palance as William Hunter
Giuseppe Maffioli as Father Gasparetto
Luciana Turina as Lily
Rossana Di Lorenzo as Mitzy
Nello Pazzafini as Hunter's Henchman
John Wener as Louis Renois
Romano Puppo
Sergio Smacchi
Alberto Dell'Acqua
Werner Doll
Biba the chimpanzee
Reception
Italian film critic Marco Giusti calls the film a "cute little movie" (Italian: "filmetto carino"), the best being Ursula Andress dressed as dirty sister.