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Von Ryan's Express

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Released June 23, 1965Runtime 1h 57min

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.

Genres

War

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Production Companies

P-R Productions Picture

20th Century Fox

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $5,760,000
Revenue: $17,111,111
Profit/Loss: $11,351,111

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Cast

Frank SinatraColonel Joseph L. Ryan

Trevor HowardMajor Eric Fincham

Raffaella CarràGabriella

Brad DexterSergeant Bostick

Sergio FantoniCaptain Oriani

John LeytonLt. Orde

Edward MulhareCaptain Costanzo

Wolfgang PreissMajor Von Klemment

James BrolinPrivate Ames

John van DreelenColonel Gortz

Adolfo CeliBattaglia

Vito ScottiPeppino, Italian Train Engineer

Richard BakalyanCorporal Giannini

Michael GoodliffeCaptain Stein

Michael St. ClairSergeant Major Dunbar

Ivan TriesaultVon Kleist

Ian AbercrombieEnglish POW

Jacques StanyGortz's Aide

Robert "Buzz" HenryAmerican POW

John DaheimAmerican POW

James B. SikkingAmerican POW

William Berger

Arthur Brauss

Horst Ebersberg

Donald F. Glut

Paul Müller

Michael Romanoff

Rudy GermaneController (uncredited)

Crew

Mark RobsonDirector

Eli DunnAssistant Director

William KaplanSecond Unit Director

David WestheimerNovel

Wendell MayesScreenplay

Joseph LandonScreenplay

Saul DavidProducer

Harry CaplanUnit Production Manager

Dorothy SpencerEditor

Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer

William H. DanielsDirector of Photography

Hilyard M. BrownArt Direction

Jack Martin SmithArt Direction

Raphael BrettonSet Decoration

Walter M. ScottSet Decoration

Margaret DonovanHairstylist

Ben NyeMakeup Artist

Ed GravesAssistant Art Director

Lou KornAssistant Art Director

Arthur MortonOrchestrator

L.B. AbbottVisual Effects

Emil Kosa Jr.Visual Effects

Carlton W. FaulknerSound

Elmer RaguseSound

Harold LipsteinSecond Unit Director of Photography

Walter RossiSound Effects

A. Lindsley LaneCamera Operator

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Reviews

Get on board with Frankie Blue Eyes. Out of 20th Century Fox, Von Ryan's Express is directed by Mark Robson & stars Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard. It's adapted by Wendell Mayes & Joseph Landon from the novel by David Westheimer. William H. Daniels is on photography and Jerry Goldsmith provides...

"Col. Ryan" (Frank Sinatra) arrives at an Italian POW camp to find it's mainly British occupants at loggerheads with the Commandant "Battaglia" (Adolfo Celi). It seems his brutality led to the death of their former CO and now "Maj. Fincham" (Trevor Howard) is out for blood! "Ryan" is a more calcula...

**_Escaping the Germans by train in Italy_** A captured American colonel (Frank Sinatra) takes command of the POWs at an Italian camp in 1943. He conflicts with the rigid Brit major (Trevor Howard) as the Allies soon land in Selerno. The opportunity eventually surfaces to take command of a train...