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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Frank Sinatra

Colonel Joseph L. Ryan

Trevor Howard

Major Eric Fincham

Brad Dexter

Sergeant Bostick

Sergio Fantoni

Captain Oriani

John Leyton

Lt. Orde

Edward Mulhare

Captain Costanzo

Wolfgang Preiss

Major Von Klemment

James Brolin

Private Ames

John van Dreelen

Colonel Gortz

Adolfo Celi

Battaglia

Vito Scotti

Peppino, Italian Train Engineer

Richard Bakalyan

Corporal Giannini

Michael Goodliffe

Captain Stein

Michael St. Clair

Sergeant Major Dunbar

Ivan Triesault

Von Kleist

Ian Abercrombie

English POW

Jacques Stany

Gortz's Aide

Robert "Buzz" Henry

American POW

John Daheim

American POW

James B. Sikking

American POW

Rudy Germane

Controller (uncredited)

Art

Hilyard M. Brown

Art Direction

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

Raphael Bretton

Set Decoration

Jack Martin Smith

Art Direction

Ed Graves

Assistant Art Director

Lou Korn

Assistant Art Director

Camera

William H. Daniels

Director of Photography

Harold Lipstein

Second Unit Director of Photography

A. Lindsley Lane

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Margaret Donovan

Hairstylist

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Directing

Mark Robson

Director

William Kaplan

Second Unit Director

Eli Dunn

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Saul David

Producer

Harry Caplan

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

Walter Rossi

Sound Effects

Writing

Joseph Landon

Screenplay

Wendell Mayes

Screenplay