Von Ryan's Express (1965)
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.
Director:
Mark Robson
Writers:
Wendell Mayes, Joseph Landon.
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Frank Sinatra as Colonel Joseph L. Ryan |
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Trevor Howard as Major Eric Fincham |
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Raffaella Carrà as Gabriella |
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Brad Dexter as Sergeant Bostick |
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Sergio Fantoni as Captain Oriani |
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John Leyton as Lt. Orde |
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Edward Mulhare as Captain Costanzo |
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Wolfgang Preiss as Major Von Klemment |
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James Brolin as Private Ames |
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John van Dreelen as Colonel Gortz |
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Adolfo Celi as Battaglia |
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Vito Scotti as Peppino, Italian Train Engineer |
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Richard Bakalyan as Corporal Giannini |
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Michael Goodliffe as Captain Stein |
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Michael St. Clair as Sergeant Major Dunbar |
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Ivan Triesault as Von Kleist |
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Ian Abercrombie as English POW |
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Jacques Stany as Gortz's Aide |
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Robert "Buzz" Henry as American POW |
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John Daheim as American POW |
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James B. Sikking as American POW |
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William Berger as |
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Arthur Brauss as |
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Horst Ebersberg as |
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Donald F. Glut as |
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Paul Müller as |
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Michael Romanoff as |
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Rudy Germane as Controller (uncredited) |
| Writing | Wendell Mayes | Screenplay |
| Directing | Mark Robson | Director |
| Writing | David Westheimer | Novel |
| Writing | Joseph Landon | Screenplay |
| Art | Hilyard M. Brown | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Donovan | Hairstylist |
| Camera | William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |
| Production | Saul David | Producer |
| Editing | Dorothy Spencer | Editor |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Raphael Bretton | Set Decoration |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lou Korn | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | L.B. Abbott | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Carlton W. Faulkner | Sound |
| Camera | Harold Lipstein | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Art | Ed Graves | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Production | Harry Caplan | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Eli Dunn | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Elmer Raguse | Sound |
| Directing | William Kaplan | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Emil Kosa Jr. | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Walter Rossi | Sound Effects |
| Camera | A. Lindsley Lane | Camera Operator |