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Von Ryan's Express

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Action-packed World War II story about Allied prisoners who stage a mass breakout from an Italian POW camp, commandeer a train and head towards the Swiss border. As the Italian war effort collapses, the escapees are aided by their erstwhile captors, but when the Germans catch on, they set out to halt the escape with an armoured train and aerial attack. Show less

Contributors

Colonel Joseph L Ryan:
Frank Sinatra
Director:
Mark Robson
Major Eric Fincham:
Trevor Howard
Gabriella (as Raffaella Carra):
Raffaella Carrà
Sergeant Bostick:
Brad Dexter
Captain Costanzo:
Edward Mulhare
Private Ames:
James Brolin

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