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Overview

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Director:
Mark Robson
Writers:
David Westheimer (novel)
Wendell Mayes (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 June 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Adventure | War more
Tagline:
Why did 600 Allied prisoners hate the man they called Von Ryan more than they hated Hitler? more
Plot:
An American POW leads a group mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Exciting if implausible more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Frank Sinatra ... Colonel Joseph L. Ryan
Trevor Howard ... Major Eric Fincham
Raffaella Carrà ... Gabriella (as Raffaella Carra)
Brad Dexter ... Sergeant Bostick
Sergio Fantoni ... Captain Oriani
John Leyton ... Orde
Edward Mulhare ... Captain Costanzo
Wolfgang Preiss ... Major Von Klemment
James Brolin ... Private Ames
John Van Dreelen ... Colonel Gortz (as John van Dreelen)
Adolfo Celi ... Battaglia
Vito Scotti ... Italian Train Engineer
Richard Bakalyan ... Corporal Giannini

Michael Goodliffe ... Captain Stein
Michael St. Clair ... Sergeant Major Dunbar
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Additional Details

Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations:
Italy more

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Trivia:
According to the memoirs of the producers the original choice to play Sgt Bostick was vetoed by the star. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: At the very beginning of the movie when Col. Ryan's P-38 airplane is flying over the city trailing smoke, the smoke is coming from the center fuselage, not one of the engines. The sound of an engine sputtering is clearly heard, but the smoke is not coming from an engine. more
Quotes:
Colonel Joseph L. Ryan: Major, you will order the men to strip.
[pause]
Colonel Joseph L. Ryan: Major, I said "strip." Get it? All clothes, off. Naked.
[Major turns around]
Maj. Eric Fincham: [Yelling] Parade... strip.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Bob Newhart Show: Dr. Ryan's Express (#3.7)" (1974) more

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Is this novel based on a movie?
On which railway line were the action scenes at the end of the movie shot?
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7 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Exciting if implausible, 26 May 2003
9/10
Author: Rick41 from West Chester, Pa

Loads of WWII action as Sinatra leads band of Allied POWs in theft of prison train and attempted escape run through Italy to Switzerland. Many tense moments and spectacular location photography create a realistic feel even if the basic plot is pretty far-fetched. After all they've been through, when Trevor Howard is still calling Frank "Von Ryan" an hour into the film you figure The Chairman is going to punch him senseless but that never actually happens. Memorable final scene. One of my favorite war movies.

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Which railway line was the action at the end filmed on? penseur
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