Snowball Express is a 1972 American screwball comedy film produced by Ron Miller and Tom Leetch and directed by Norman Tokar.

Johnny Baxter is at his corporate job when a probate attorney tells him that his recently deceased uncle, Jacob Barnesworth, has left him sole ownership of the lucrative Grand Imperial Hotel in the fictional town of Silver Hill, Colorado.

Local grease monkey Wally Perkins explains that the Grand Imperial sits on a huge amount of property.

Local banker Martin Ridgeway expresses great interest in Baxter's idea, but also offers to buy the lodge, supposedly in order to convert it into a boys' school.

When Wally dynamites a tree stump from the ground, the explosion sets off an avalanche, blocking a passing train carrying several hundred skiers.

"[2] Variety reported: "Bearing all the elements audiences have come to expect in Disney product, film concentrates on fast action and visual comedic situations which should be well received in its intended market.

"[3] Gene Siskel gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and noted, "Youngsters probably will be bored with a plot that ultimately hinges on a legal technicality involving the probate of a will, but they should enjoy the slapstick, the trick skiing sequences, and the family St. Bernard that detests cold weather.

"[4] Fredric Milsten of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Ironically titled, 'Snowball' is a rather slow-paced farce, which begins promisingly and then diminishes in size and effect.

"[5] Margaret Ford of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote that "Dean Jones and a strong supporting cast do their best with the rather flat characters, and the total result is that old American favourite, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.