Von Ryan's Express

Resource Information

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Label

Von Ryan's Express

Statement of responsibility

A P-R Productions picture ; Twentieth Century Fox presents a Mark Robson production ; produced by Saul David ; screenplay by Wendell Mayes and Joseph Landon

Contributor

• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Brolin, James, 1940-
• Carrà, Raffaella
• Celi, Adolfo, 1922-1986
• David, Saul
• Dexter, Brad, 1917-2002
• Fantoni, Sergio, 1930-
• Goldsmith, Jerry
• Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988
• Landon, Joseph, 1923-1987
• Leyton, John
• Mayes, Wendell
• Mulhare, Edward
• Preiss, Wolfgang, 1910-2002
• Robson, Mark, 1913-1978
• Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
• P-R Productions (Firm)

Subject

• Adaptation -- Feature
• Action and adventure films
• Escaped prisoners of war -- Italy -- Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 -- Prisioneros y prisiones alemanes -- Teatro
• Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 -- Transporte -- Italia -- Teatro
• Hijacking of trains -- Italy -- Drama
• Italy -- History -- German occupation, 1943-1945 -- Drama
• Adventure -- Feature
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War -- Feature
• War films
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation -- Italy -- Drama

Genre

• Adventure
• Action and adventure films
• Adaptation
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War
• War films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Ryan, an American POW, leads his fellow prisoners on a dangerous escape from the Germans in Italy. Having seemingly made errors of judgment, Ryan has to win the support of the mainly British soldiers he is commanding

Member of

• Cinema classics collection

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directed by Mark Robson ; music, Jerry Goldsmith

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Language note

In English with optional (dubbed) French and Spanish soundtracks; English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.V66 2007

PerformerNote

Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carra, Brad Dexter, Sergio Fantoni, John Leyton, Edward Mulhare, James Brolin

Runtime

117

Series statement

Cinema classics collection

Target audience

general

Technique

live action