Rating: NR
Genre: Action
Release Date: 11/06/2001
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/2/1
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox

Von Ryan's Express is a fast-paced, well-acted World War II drama, featuring a squadron of Allied soldiers trying to escape a prison camp in Italy. While most of the prisoners at the camp are British, a determined, resourceful American Air Force colonel (Frank Sinatra) takes charge and leads the escape, which requires that the prisoners wrest control of a German train and propel it through Italy to Switzerland. The subsequent ride, featuring good special effects and outstanding stunt work, is great fun and very suspenseful. Frank Sinatra makes an effective action hero aided by veteran actor Trevor Howard as a British officer. The CinemaScope photography is outstanding and director Mark Robson directs the exciting action sequences with skill.

~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Frank Sinatra - Colonel Joseph Ryan
Trevor Howard - Maj. Eric Fincham
Raffaella Carrą - Gabriella
James Brolin - Pvt. Ames
Brad Dexter - Sergeant Bostick
Sergio Fantoni - Captain Oriani
Edward Mulhare - Constanzo
John Leyton - Orde
Wolfgang Preiss - Major Von Kleinment
Adolfo Celi - Battaglia
Vito Scotti - Italian Train Engineer
Richard Bakalyan - Corporal Giannini
Michael Goodliffe - Captain Stein
Ivan Triesault - Von Kleist

Production:
Mark Robson - Director
Saul David - Producer
Jerry Goldsmith - Composer
Dorothy Spencer - Editor
Wendell Mayes Joseph Landon - Screen Writer
Raphael Bretton Walter Scott - Set Designer
Hilyard M. Brown - Art Director
Jack Martin Smith - Art Director
David Westheimer - Book Author
William H. Daniels - Cinematographer
Mark Robson - Executive Producer
Ben Nye, Sr. - Makeup
Emil Kosa, Jr. - Special Effects
L.B. Abbott - Special Effects
Walter Rossi - Sound/Sound Designer

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