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The movie is based on the 1964 novel by David Westheimer, though the film's "nail-biting" finale is significantly more tragic than the book's upbeat ending [1, 6].
Colonel Joseph Ryan (played by Frank Sinatra), an American P-38 pilot, is shot down and sent to an Italian POW camp [5, 9]. He becomes the senior officer of a mostly British group of prisoners, but his pragmatic "wait for liberation" attitude clashes with the aggressive escape plans of Major Fincham (Trevor Howard) [5, 11]. subtitle Von.Ryan's.Express.1965.720p.BluRay.x2...
It remains one of Frank Sinatraβs most successful commercial films and is highly regarded for its spectacular Italian scenery and Oscar-nominated special effects [1, 8, 10]. The movie is based on the 1964 novel