

Von Ryan's Express
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5.8M
- Box office
- $17.1M
- Language
- German
- nazi
- escape
- italian
- switzerland
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- frontier
- train
- 1940s
- suspenseful
- bold
- commanding
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR23 Jun 1965
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon1 Jul 1965
- TheatricalPG16 Aug 1965
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical22 Sept 1965
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical165 Nov 1965
BrazilBR
- Theatrical11 Sept 1965
- Physical12Fox Home mj.gov.br1 Dec 2003
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical3 Nov 1965
FinlandFI
- Theatrical23 Jul 1965
- TheatricalRe-release10 Feb 1978
FranceFR
- Theatrical25 Aug 1965
GermanyDE
- TheatricalWest Germany10 Sept 1965
- PhysicalBlu-ray29 Sept 2017
GreeceGR
- PhysicalDVD27 May 2002
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1823 May 1968
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG16 Aug 1965
Frequently asked questions
Von Ryan's Express was released on 23 June 1965.
Audience reviews
3- J8/10
John Chard
10/4/2015
Get on board with Frankie Blue Eyes. Out of 20th Century Fox, Von Ryan's Express is directed by Mark Robson & stars Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard. It's adapted by Wendell Mayes & Joseph Landon from the novel by David Westheimer. William H. Daniels is on photography and Jerry Goldsmith provides the score. Contary to what some sources say, this is not filmed in Panavision, it is filmed in Fox's trusted CinemaScope…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/20/2024
"Col. Ryan" (Frank Sinatra) arrives at an Italian POW camp to find it's mainly British occupants at loggerheads with the Commandant "Battaglia" (Adolfo Celi). It seems his brutality led to the death of their former CO and now "Maj. Fincham" (Trevor Howard) is out for blood! "Ryan" is a more calculating man, though, and that initially elicits hostility from the men - hence the "von Ryan", but his patience pays off and…
- W7/10
Wuchak
9/25/2024
**_Escaping the Germans by train in Italy_** A captured American colonel (Frank Sinatra) takes command of the POWs at an Italian camp in 1943. He conflicts with the rigid Brit major (Trevor Howard) as the Allies soon land in Selerno. The opportunity eventually surfaces to take command of a train and possibly escape north. Sergio Fantoni plays an Italian captain who teams up with them. "Von Ryan’s Express" (196…
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