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.
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as Colonel Joseph L. Ryan
DeceasedBorn: December 12, 1915
Died: May 14, 1998
Age at death: 82
as Major Eric Fincham
DeceasedBorn: September 29, 1913
Died: January 7, 1988
Age at death: 74
as Gabriella
DeceasedBorn: June 18, 1943
Died: July 5, 2021
Age at death: 78
as Sergeant Bostick
DeceasedBorn: April 9, 1917
Died: December 12, 2002
Age at death: 85
as Captain Oriani
DeceasedBorn: August 7, 1930
Died: April 17, 2020
Age at death: 89
as Lt. Orde
AliveBorn: February 17, 1939
Age: 87
Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
as Captain Costanzo
DeceasedBorn: April 8, 1923
Died: May 24, 1997
Age at death: 74
as Major Von Klemment
DeceasedBorn: February 27, 1910
Died: November 27, 2002
Age at death: 92
as Private Ames
AliveBorn: July 18, 1940
Age: 86
Los Angeles, California, USA
as Colonel Gortz
DeceasedBorn: May 5, 1922
Died: September 4, 1992
Age at death: 70
as Battaglia
DeceasedBorn: July 27, 1922
Died: February 19, 1986
Age at death: 63
as Peppino, Italian Train Engineer
DeceasedBorn: January 26, 1918
Died: June 5, 1996
Age at death: 78
as Corporal Giannini
DeceasedBorn: January 29, 1931
Died: February 27, 2015
Age at death: 84
as Captain Stein
DeceasedBorn: October 1, 1914
Died: March 20, 1976
Age at death: 61
as Sergeant Major Dunbar
DeceasedBorn: December 20, 1922
Died: November 22, 2001
Age at death: 78
as Von Kleist
DeceasedBorn: July 12, 1898
Died: January 3, 1980
Age at death: 81
as English POW
DeceasedBorn: September 11, 1934
Died: January 26, 2012
Age at death: 77
as Gortz's Aide
DeceasedBorn: April 4, 1930
Died: July 19, 2016
Age at death: 86
as American POW
DeceasedBorn: September 4, 1931
Died: September 30, 1971
Age at death: 40
as American POW
DeceasedBorn: June 16, 1916
Died: September 22, 1991
Age at death: 75
as American POW
DeceasedBorn: March 5, 1934
Died: July 13, 2024
Age at death: 90
Born: June 20, 1928
Died: October 2, 1993
Age at death: 65
Born: June 24, 1936
Died: August 30, 2025
Age at death: 89
Born: May 8, 1935
Died: April 18, 2012
Age at death: 76
Born: February 19, 1944
Age: 82
Pecos, Texas, USA
Born: March 11, 1923
Died: September 2, 2016
Age at death: 93
Born: February 20, 1890
Died: September 1, 1971
Age at death: 81
as Controller (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: March 24, 1910
Died: March 28, 1997
Age at death: 87