"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."
Frank Sinatra
as Colonel Joseph L. Ryan
Trevor Howard
as Major Eric Fincham
Raffaella Carrà
as Gabriella
Brad Dexter
as Sergeant Bostick
Sergio Fantoni
as Captain Oriani
John Leyton
as Lt. Orde
Edward Mulhare
as Captain Costanzo
Wolfgang Preiss
as Major Von Klemment
James Brolin
as Private Ames
John van Dreelen
as Colonel Gortz
Adolfo Celi
as Battaglia
Vito Scotti
as Peppino, Italian Train Engineer
Richard Bakalyan
as Corporal Giannini
Michael Goodliffe
as Captain Stein
Michael St. Clair
as Sergeant Major Dunbar
Ivan Triesault
as Von Kleist
Ian Abercrombie
as English POW
Jacques Stany
as Gortz's Aide
Robert "Buzz" Henry
as American POW
John Daheim
James B. Sikking
William Berger
as
Arthur Brauss
Horst Ebersberg
Donald F. Glut
Paul Müller
Michael Romanoff
Rudy Germane
as Controller (uncredited)
Mark Robson
Director
Joseph Landon
Screenplay
Wendell Mayes
David Westheimer
Novel
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
Saul David
Producer
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Raphael Bretton
Margaret Donovan
Hairstylist
Jack Martin Smith
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Ed Graves
Assistant Art Director
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
Carlton W. Faulkner
Sound
Lou Korn
L.B. Abbott
Visual Effects
William Kaplan
Second Unit Director
Harold Lipstein
Second Unit Director of Photography
Emil Kosa Jr.
Elmer Raguse
Eli Dunn
Assistant Director
Harry Caplan
Unit Production Manager
Walter Rossi
Sound Effects
A. Lindsley Lane
Camera Operator