Bibliograph

Von Ryan's Express, Twentieth Century-Fox presents a CinemaScope picture ; a Mark Robson production ; screenplay by Wendell Mayes and Joseph Landon ; produced by Saul David ; directed by Mark Robson

Type

Label

Von Ryan's Express, Twentieth Century-Fox presents a CinemaScope picture ; a Mark Robson production ; screenplay by Wendell Mayes and Joseph Landon ; produced by Saul David ; directed by Mark Robson

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Von Ryan's Express

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

48567190

Responsibility statement

Twentieth Century-Fox presents a CinemaScope picture ; a Mark Robson production ; screenplay by Wendell Mayes and Joseph Landon ; produced by Saul David ; directed by Mark Robson

Runtime

116

Series statement

Fox war classics

Summary

American combat pilot Col. Joseph Ryan (Sinatra) is shot down over Nazi-controlled Italy and joins U.S. and English WWII troops in a prison camp during the summer of 1943. Given the insulting nickname "Von Ryan" because he initially seems more concerned with surviving than escaping, the colonel eventually leads Allied prisoners, as their new top ranking officer, in a daredevil race for freedom by commandeering an entire German freight train bound for Switzerland, with the Nazis in hot pursuit

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Classification