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.
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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
Edward Mulhare as Captain Costanzo
Wolfgang Preiss as Major Von Klemment
James Brolin as Private Ames
John van Dreelen as Colonel Gortz
Adolfo Celi as Battaglia
Vito Scotti as Peppino, Italian Train Engineer
Richard Bakalyan as Corporal Giannini
Michael Goodliffe as Captain Stein
Michael St. Clair as Sergeant Major Dunbar
Ivan Triesault as Von Kleist
Ian Abercrombie as English POW
Jacques Stany as Gortz's Aide
Robert "Buzz" Henry as American POW
John Daheim as American POW
James B. Sikking as American POW
William Berger as
Arthur Brauss as
Horst Ebersberg as
Donald F. Glut as
Paul Müller as
Michael Romanoff as
Rudy Germane as Controller (uncredited)
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Wendell Mayes Screenplay
Mark Robson Director
David Westheimer Novel
Joseph Landon Screenplay
Hilyard M. Brown Art Direction
Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Jack Martin Smith Art Direction
Margaret Donovan Hairstylist
William H. Daniels Director of Photography
Saul David Producer
Dorothy Spencer Editor
Jerry Goldsmith Original Music Composer
Raphael Bretton Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott Set Decoration
Lou Korn Assistant Art Director
L.B. Abbott Visual Effects
Carlton W. Faulkner Sound
Harold Lipstein Second Unit Director of Photography