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