Von Ryan's Express

Von Ryan's Express
Theatrical release poster by Tom Chantrell
Directed byMark Robson
Screenplay byWendell Mayes
Joseph Landon
Based onVon Ryan's Express
1964 novel
by David Westheimer
Produced bySaul David
StarringFrank Sinatra
Trevor Howard
Raffaella Carrà
Brad Dexter
Sergio Fantoni
John Leyton
Edward Mulhare
Wolfgang Preiss
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 23, 1965 (1965-06-23)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish/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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Von Ryan's Express, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 22, 2013.