| Von Ryan's Express | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Tom Chantrell | |
| Directed by | Mark Robson |
| Screenplay by | Wendell Mayes Joseph Landon |
| Based on | Von Ryan's Express 1964 novel by David Westheimer |
| Produced by | Saul David |
| Starring | Frank Sinatra Trevor Howard Raffaella Carrà Brad Dexter Sergio Fantoni John Leyton Edward Mulhare Wolfgang Preiss |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English/Italian |
| Budget | $5.76 million[1] |
| Box office | $17.1 million[2] |
Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, and Raffaella Carrà, and directed by Mark Robson. Produced in CinemaScope, the film depicts a group of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) who conduct a daring escape by hijacking the freight train carrying the POWs and fleeing through German-occupied Italy to Switzerland. Based on the 1964 novel by David Westheimer, the film changes several aspects of the novel, most notably the ending, which is considerably more upbeat in the book. Financially, it became one of Sinatra's most successful films.
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
- ^ "Von Ryan's Express, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 22, 2013.