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1965 World War II American film directed by Mark Robson

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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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Film · TMDB

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.

Released: 1965-06-23117 minDir: Mark RobsonWar, Action, Adventure, ThrillerBudget: $5.8MBox office: $17.1M

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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Ratings

IMDb

7.1/10

16,173 votes

Year
1965
Runtime
117 min
Genres
Action, Adventure, War

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
train
Director
Mark Robson
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
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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