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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 71% of the 118 1960s war movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
253 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark RobsonDirector
- Wendell MayesScreenplay
- Joseph LandonScreenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Frank SinatraColonel Joseph L. Ryan
- Trevor HowardMajor Eric Fincham
- Raffaella CarràGabriella
- Brad DexterSergeant Bostick
- Sergio FantoniCaptain Oriani
- John LeytonLt. Orde
- Edward MulhareCaptain Costanzo
- Wolfgang PreissMajor Von Klemment
- James BrolinPrivate Ames
- John van DreelenColonel Gortz
- Adolfo CeliBattaglia
- Vito ScottiPeppino, Italian Train Engineer
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Themes
The Best Movies of 1965
Von Ryan's Express is #25 of 60
