Von Ryan's Express /

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2001]Beginning or single date created: 1995.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Drama

Production credits:

Director of photography, William H. Daniels ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard.Summary: American combat pilot Col. Joseph Ryan is shot down over Nazi-controlled Italy and joins U.S. and English WWII troops in a prison camp during the summer of 1943. Given the insulting nickname "Von Ryan" because he initially seems more concerned with surviving than escaping, the colonel eventually leads Allied prisoners, as their new top ranking officer, in a daredevil race for freedom by commandeering an entire German freight train bound for Switzerland, with the Nazis in hot pursuit.

List(s) this item appears in: New Films and Books | New Films

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	Stokes Donation	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-03887 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1605031890X

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.

Based on the novel by David Westheimer.

"Cat. no. 2001311"--Container.

Run time: approx. 117 min.

Bonus Features: Scene Selection; Interactive Menus; Original Theatrical Trailer; Subtitles: English, Spanish; Audio: English, French; Anamorphic Widescreen

DVD.

Language tracks: English, French; English close captions; subtitles: Spanish.

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