Von Ryan's Express

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World War II film adventure film film war film

Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra as an American POW leading a daring escape from a German prison camp by hijacking a train.

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Label Occurrences
Von Ryan's Express canonical 2
Von Ryan's Express (novel) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II film ⓘ
adventure film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
aspectRatio CinemaScope ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork David Westheimer ⓘ
basedOn Von Ryan's Express self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Von Ryan's Express (novel)
cinematographyBy William H. Daniels ⓘ
colorProcess DeLuxe Color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mark Robson ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical film ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Dorothy Spencer ⓘ
filmingLocation Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
genre action ⓘ
adventure ⓘ
war ⓘ
hasTheme military leadership ⓘ
prisoner of war escape ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
mainCharacter Colonel Joseph L. Ryan ⓘ
musicBy Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
narrativeLocation German-occupied Europe ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
notableFor train hijacking escape sequence ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary American POW Colonel Ryan leads Allied prisoners in an escape from an Italian and then German prison camp by hijacking a train to Switzerland. ⓘ
producer Saul David ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseDate 1965-06-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 1965 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 117 ⓘ
screenwriter Joseph Landon ⓘ
Wendell Mayes ⓘ
setInPeriod World War II ⓘ
starring Brad Dexter ⓘ
Edward Mulhare ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
John Leyton ⓘ
Raffaella Carrà ⓘ
Sergio Fantoni ⓘ
Trevor Howard ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork 1960s American cinema ⓘ

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Mark Robson → notableWork → Von Ryan's Express ⓘ
Mark Robson → directed → Von Ryan's Express ⓘ
Von Ryan's Express → basedOn → Von Ryan's Express self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Von Ryan's Express (novel)