"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
David Westheimer
Novel
Wendell Mayes
Screenplay
Joseph Landon
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Saul David
Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Margaret Donovan
Hairstylist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Ed Graves
Assistant Art Director
Lou Korn
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
L.B. Abbott
Visual Effects
Emil Kosa Jr.
Harry Caplan
Unit Production Manager
Eli Dunn
Assistant Director
Carlton W. Faulkner
Sound
Elmer Raguse
William Kaplan
Second Unit Director
Harold Lipstein
Second Unit Director of Photography
Walter Rossi
Sound Effects
A. Lindsley Lane
Camera Operator