Ryan concocts a plan to take control of a german train to do so. And if you didnt care for this film, well then when youre through picking this one apart tell me of one you did like. Sometimes the participants seem to forget just who was the enemy. It spreads into high adventure as they highjack their own prison train. Italys defeat may be imminent, but that causes only confusion for the british and. While the basic story line is the same in the book and the movie, i found the changes in the screenplay to have made the principal characters more interesting, more human and more appealing i came to. Favourite official movie posters a list of 41 images created 24 apr 2015 most rugged looking actor in a military helmet. An american pow leads a group of mainly british prisoners to escape from the germans in wwii. Frank sinatra and trevor howard are a great antagonistic couple in mark robsons thrilling war movie. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Unrated 1965 117 min action, drama, history, thriller, uncategorized, war. The wrecked lightning appears to be a prop although the shape looks good for a p38, the markings are an inaccuate mix of prewar tail stripes and post 1947 usaf insignia on the wings. While most of the prisoners at the camp are british, a determined, resourceful american air force colonel frank sinatra takes charge and leads the escape, which requires that the prisoners wrest control of a german train and propel it through. Battaglia adolfo celi and captain oriani sergio fantoni are shown with very smallish holstered sidearms which judging from the curved tip at the end of the magazine appear to be the beretta model 1934.
While the majority of the prisoners at the camp are british, a strongminded, quickwitted american air force colonel takes charge and leads the escape, which requires that the prisoners to sneak onto a german train bound for switzerland. Ryan sinatra, an american pilot, is shot down in fascist italy and put in a fascist prisoner of war camp there, where he becomes the new ranking officer among the allied prisoners. A great script and some strong supporting roles make this movie a wonderful piece of entertainment. Go to the internet movie database laserdisc database.
Vrnes1965 scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. It inspired me to write my first novel, 2 years later as a christmas present for my sister, which was, sadly, historically rather inaccurate. You can watch online movie streaming in hd 106 min in length. Ryan s damaged p38 flies over an italian city, as portrayed by a real p38 or a reasonably accurate model. The screenplay concerns a group of allied prisoners of war who conduct a daring escape by hijacking a freight train and fleeing through germanoccupied italy to switzerland. Almost love movie clip with scott evans and kate walsh. Classic world war ii movie with hollywood crooner frank sinatra heading the cast.
The sounds of screeching steel along the rails and the distant sound of the steam engine whistling its way to freedom have long been silent, but the legend of this extraordinary and endearing film lingers on in our memory. Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the mark robsondirected movie via subscription can be. Neat trains, beautiful scenery and a wwii storyline. Sinatra is an american pilot who crashes in italy and is sent. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Over the years, ive contemplated building a copy of the pow train depicted in the movie but im not all that knowledgable on german railway equipment. Along the way they must deal with internal strife and outside threats.
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