VON RYAN'S EXPRESS - DVD-CINEMA CLASSICS COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1965
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, War
• Plot: Frank Sinatra takes command in one of the most exciting of all war chases (Las Angeles Times). Von Ryan's Egress, an Oscar nominated, full throttle, escape thriller featuring Trevor Howard, Edward Mulhare, James Brolin and Thunderball's Adolfo Celi. Central taly, August 1943. With the collapse of the Italian war effort, the SS herds 400 Allied POWs aboard a heavily guarded freight train and embarks for an internment camp in Austria. Realizing it's their only chance to escape, Colonel Joseph Ryan (Sinatra) and a handful of officers manage to subdue their guards and hijack the train. Barreling across Nazi-occuped Italy, Ryan and his men race for the Swiss border, as German troops, the Gestapo and a divebombing fleet of enemy Messerschmitts follow in deadly pursuit.'Fast, suspenseful and exciting' (Variety). Von Ryan's Express is 'a whacking good war yarn' (Life)!
• Cast: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà, Brad Dexter, Sergio Fantoni, John Leyton, Edward Mulhare, Wolfgang Preiss, James Brolin, John Van Dreelen, Adolfo Celi, Vito Scotti, Richard Bakalyan, Michael Goodliffe, Michael St. Clair, Ivan Triesault, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Jacques Stany, John Daheim, Ian Abercrombie, William Berger, Arthur Brauss, Domenick Delgarde, Horst Ebersberg, Barry Ford, Brian Gaffikin, Donald F. Glut, Gino Gottarelli, Joe Gray, Peter Hellman, Walter Linden, Eric Micklewood, John Mitory, Ernesto Molinari, Paul Muller, Benito Prezia, Christopher Riordan, Michael Romanoff, Bob Rosen, James Sikking, Lee Stanley, Brad Stevens, Max Turilli, Al Wyatt Sr., Mark Robson
• Director: Mark Robson
• Runtime: 1:57
• Company: 20th Century Fox
• Media Format: movie