Von Ryan's Express

About Von Ryan's Express

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.

Mark Robson's Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 thriller war film. Frank Sinatra appears as Col. Joseph L. Ryan, Trevor Howard as Maj. Eric Fincham, Raffaella Carrà as Gabriella, and Brad Dexter as Sgt. Bostick.

Released in June 1965, it runs 117 minutes. Written by Joseph Landon and Wendell Mayes.

Members will find train, prisoner of war, commanding, and italian in it. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 256 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

The Great Escape, A Man Escaped, and Overlord make useful companions to Von Ryan's Express, all filed under 1940s, escape, and nazi.