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Von Ryan's Express
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Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 American war film directed by Mark Robson, who also served as producer. The cast includes Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Adolfo Celi, and Raffaella Carrà. The narrative is set in Italy during World War II, focusing on a prison escape involving a train. The film was produced by 20th Century Studios and P-R Productions Picture, with distribution handled by 20th Century Studios and Netflix.
The feature film has a runtime of 117 minutes and was originally released in English. Jerry Goldsmith composed the score, while William H. Daniels handled cinematography and Dorothy Spencer served as film editor. Hilyard M. Brown was the production designer. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing. It was released on June 23, 1965, and August 28, 1965.
Critical reception includes a review score of 6.8 out of 10 and 90 percent, alongside an IMDb rating of 7.1 and a TMDb vote average of 7.073. The production budget was $5,760,000, resulting in revenue of $17,111,111. Keywords associated with the film include Nazi, escape, Italian, and Switzerland.
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7.1Von 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- nazi
- escape
- italian
- switzerland
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- frontier
- train
- 1940s
- suspenseful
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- train
- Director
- Mark Robson
- Cast member
- Michael Goodliffe
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Mark Robson
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- William H. Daniels
- Narrative location
- Italy
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 280881
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1965-08-28
- film editor
- Dorothy Spencer
- title
- Von Ryan's Express
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Hilyard M. Brown
- set in environment
- railway
- review score
- 90%
- Commons category
- Von Ryan's Express
- form of creative work
- feature film
- capital cost
- 5760000
- box office
- 17100000
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