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Von Ryan's Express
First Published: 1964
327 pages
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About The Movie
War pictures were big business for the film industry in the early 1960s, at a point in their lives when veterans of World War II had the time, the means and the inclination to revisit the experience. The 1965 film of Von Ryan´s Express is a classic commercial thriller of the time, if an unlikely vehicle for its star, Frank Sinatra.
Sinatra is perhaps an odd choice for the by-the-book Colonel Ryan, but his instinctive skill and ease work build a performance that anchors the film. The director is Mark Robson, a mid-century Hollywood craftsman with a gift for melodrama. A film editor who did uncredited work on Citizen Kane and collaborated with Robert Wise on the editing of The Magnificent Ambersons, his other films as a director include Champion, The Harder They Fall, Peyton Place, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness and Valley of the Dolls. Wendell Mayes and David Landon wrote the screenplay for Von Ryan´s Express, which was shot in Europe and --with its train setting --, takes full advantage of wide screen Cinemascope format.
The cast of Von Ryan´s Express includes Trevor Howard, Brad Dexter, Edward Mulhare, James Brolin and -- in a small role -- James B. Sikking, who later star in TV´s Hill Street Blues.
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