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Release Date: 1965

Cast: Frank Sinatra, Adolfo Celi, Wolfgang Preiss, John Leyton, Sergio Fantoni, Brad Dexter, Trevor Howard, Edward Mulhare, Ivan Triesault, John van Dreelen, Michael Goodliffe, Richard Bakalyan ...MORE

Cast: Frank Sinatra, Adolfo Celi, Wolfgang Preiss, John Leyton, Sergio Fantoni, Brad Dexter, Trevor Howard, Edward Mulhare, Ivan Triesault, John van Dreelen, Michael Goodliffe, Richard Bakalyan, Raffaella Carrà, Michael St. Clair, Vito Scotti, James Brolin ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Action, Action/Adventure, Period piece, Escape Film, War film

Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard, based on a novel by David Westheimer, and directed by Mark Robson. The film changes several aspects of the novel, including its ending, which is considerably more upbeat in the book. It became one of Frank Sinatra's most successful films, and is still shown on cable occasionally today. Colonel Joseph L. Ryan (Frank Sinatra) is an American pilot whose P-38 Lightning is shot down. He is captured by Italian troops and taken to an Italian prisoner-of-war camp in Italy, run by the cruel Blackshirt... MORE

Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard, based on a novel by David Westheimer, and directed by Mark Robson. The film changes several aspects of the novel, including its ending, which is considerably more upbeat in the book. It became one of Frank Sinatra's most successful films, and is still shown on cable occasionally today. Colonel Joseph L. Ryan (Frank Sinatra) is an American pilot whose P-38 Lightning is shot down. He is captured by Italian troops and taken to an Italian prisoner-of-war camp in Italy, run by the cruel Blackshirt Major Battaglia (Adolfo Celi). The camp is populated mainly by British prisoners (9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, 167 Infantry Brigade, 56th (London) Infantry Division). The previous British commanding officer, Col. Brian Lockhart, had recently died as a result of harsh camp discipline, specifically in being put in the metal "sweat box." When Ryan arrives in camp, Major Eric Fincham (Trevor Howard) is the ranking British officer. The American colonel being senior to Fincham, Ryan assumes command of the prisoners. Ryan pays respect to his predecessor by refusing to sit in the late commanding LESS