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Von Ryan's Express

1965, Movie, NR, 117 mins

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Frank Sinatra stars in this implausible but relatively engaging WWII POW escape film, playing Col. Joseph Ryan, a downed US Army Air Corps pilot who leads 600 British and American prisoners in a dramatic escape through Italy aboard a commandeered train. Aided by some of their Italian jailers, who are anxious to jump sides as the 1943 Allied invasion gets under way, the POWs take over a train and, with some of their number masquerading as Germans guards, set off for neutral S... read more leave a comment
"Von Ryan's Express" features a troop of allied soldiers trying to break away from a prison camp in Italy. While the majority of the prisoners at the camp are British, a strong-minded, quick-witted American Air Force colonel takes charge and leads the escape, which requires that the prisoners to sneak onto a German train bound for Switzerland. Ryan, an American POW, leads his fellow prisoners on a hazardous escape from the Germans in Italy by taking over the German train. Having apparently made errors of judgment, Ryan has to earn the support of the British soldiers he is commanding.
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An American POW leads a group mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.
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An American POW leads a group mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.
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Length: 01:57:00
Posted: 2/17/2009
Year: 1965
Rated NR

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Cast
Frank Sinatra: Col. Joseph L. Ryan
Trevor Howard: Maj. Eric Fincham
Raffaella Carra: Gabriella
Brad Dexter: Sgt. Bostick
Sergio Fantoni: Capt. Oriani
John Leyton: Orde

 

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