
Von Ryan's Express
1965 · Movie · NR · 117 min · ★ 7.1
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.
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Details
- Years
- 1965
- Release date
- 1965-06-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 117 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (241 votes)
- Box office
- $17,100,000
- Budget
- $5,760,000
Themes
- nazi
- escape
- italian
- switzerland
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- frontier
- train
- 1940s
- suspenseful
- bold
- commanding
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 1966 · nominated
Cast & crew

Frank Sinatra
as Colonel Joseph L. Ryan

Trevor Howard
as Major Eric Fincham

Raffaella Carrà
as Gabriella

Brad Dexter
as Sergeant Bostick

Sergio Fantoni
as Captain Oriani

John Leyton
as Lt. Orde

Edward Mulhare
as Captain Costanzo

Wolfgang Preiss
as Major Von Klemment

James Brolin
as Private Ames
- JD
John van Dreelen
as Colonel Gortz
Directed by Mark Robson