VON RYAN'S EXPRESS Original Movie Still Photo 1965 Frank Sinatra WW2 World War

Description: VON RYAN'S EXPRESS Original Movie Still Photo 1965 Frank Sinatra WW2 World Warpr32405 Original Movie Still Color Photo measures approx 8 x 10 in., In very good used conditionsome general wear from handling & usesome handling bends/bumps/light scuffsetcno tape, tears or pinholes Our scan is of the item you will receive Original photos were meant to be handled and were by Newspapers, Theaters and Media outlets. We list any major defects but ask that you view our images to determine the condition of this original photograph. A scanner/camera may interpret colors and contrast differently, as a result the actual photograph may be slightly darker or lighter in person. We scan the photos at 600dpi, so they are generally more clear in person. We provide a scan of the back of photos unless they are blank. This original photograph is offered as a collectible item and provides no transfer of copyright. Our watermark is not on the actual item If there are any questions, please ask prior to bidding Shipped well-protected in sturdy packaging. We combine like items at no additional charge for Domestic Shipping (Flat items with flat items, rolled with rolled etc) If buying multiple items, please wait to payuntil after receiving combined invoiceWe are unable to combine once payment is made! This item is NOT a DVD or Video Our watermark is not on the actual item International Bids are accepted for this itemBuyer is responsible for any customs fees and tariffsWe do combine items based on weight We offer only original vintage itemsNO reproductions, copies or fakes! Thanks for looking! Buying and selling paper collectibles for over 40 years.Selling on eBay since 1998Always Looking for Large CollectionsPaper Rescue Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, and Raffaella Carrà, and directed by Mark Robson. Produced in CinemaScope, the film depicts a group of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) who conduct a daring escape by hijacking the freight train carrying the POWs and fleeing through German-occupied Italy to Switzerland. Based on the 1964 novel by David Westheimer, the film changes several aspects of the novel, most notably the ending, which is considerably more upbeat in the book. Financially, it became one of Sinatra's most successful films. PlotColonel Joseph Ryan, a USAAF P-38 pilot, is shot down over Italy and taken to a POW camp. Ryan insists that the camp commander, Major Basilio Battaglia, salute him as a superior officer, which the sympathetic second-in-command, Captain Vittorio Oriani, translates. Most prisoners are British from the 9th Fusiliers. Their previous commanding officer recently died due to being placed in the "sweat box" as punishment for hitting Battaglia. Major Eric Fincham is the senior British officer until Ryan, being senior, arrives and assumes command. Italy is close to surrender, and Ryan declines to support Fincham's escape attempts. When Fincham captures American prisoners stealing medical supplies from a British secret hoard, Ryan orders Fincham to distribute the medicines to the seriously ill prisoners. He infuriates Fincham by revealing an escape plan to Battaglia in exchange for prisoners being treated better. When Battaglia refuses to issue new clothing, Ryan orders prisoners to strip and burn their filthy uniforms. Battaglia throws Ryan into the sweat box as punishment. When Italy surrenders, the guards flee and Ryan is freed; the British promptly try Battaglia as a war criminal. He portrays himself as a broken man who has repudiated fascism. Rather than executing him, Ryan sentences him to the sweat box. A German fighter plane overflies the camp, forcing Ryan and the men to flee into the Italian countryside with Oriani's help. They hide out in some ruins while Ryan attempts to contact Allied forces. The next morning, the Germans recapture the prisoners and load them onto a northbound train. Fincham assumes Oriani betrayed them until he is found severely battered aboard the train's prisoner carriage. The Germans then shoot all ill prisoners. Fincham blames Ryan for letting Battaglia live, and derogatively calls him "von Ryan". The train travels to Rome, where a German officer, Major von Klemment, takes command. Ryan pries up the railcar floorboards. That night, when the train stops, Ryan, Fincham, and Lt. Orde sneak out and kill several guards. They free a covered goods wagon of POWs, who help them kill the remaining guards whose uniforms they then don as a disguise. Ryan and Fincham capture von Klemment and his mistress, Gabriella. As the train moves out, another train follows. Von Klemment reveals that the second train is carrying German troops and is on the same schedule. Further, von Klemment is to receive orders at each railway station. A German-speaking British chaplain, Captain Costanzo, impersonates the German commander to ensure their passage through the next station in Florence. There, a plainclothes Gestapo officer notices Ryan's American wristwatch, then boards the train and buys it from him. The prisoners leave quickly. Through documents received in Florence, they learn that both trains are headed towards Innsbruck, Austria. Through trickery and a quickly forged typewritten order, the prisoners switch their train onto a different line at Bologna. The troop train continues on toward Innsbruck. Von Klemment and Gabriella are kept bound and gagged, but they escape at a stop, killing Orde. Both are shot by Ryan and the train proceeds. Later, German commanders learn of the train's diversion and begin queries. That night the train stops at what is thought to be a clearing and the men get off to head for safety; aircraft, which Ryan identifies as Lancaster bombers, appear overhead and begin bombing the area. Ryan orders everyone back on the train. The train restarts and passes an oil storage yard being bombed by the Allied aircraft. Several cars catch fire, and the train must stop to aid the wounded and release burning goods wagons. With three dead and some sixty wounded, Oriani and the train's Italian engineer tell Ryan and Fincham that the only option is to reroute the train at Milan to neutral Switzerland. Waffen-SS troops, led by Colonel Gortz, have discovered the earlier ruse and await the train, but are slowed when Oriani and the men disable a signal box at Milan, knocking out the track diagrams inside the control center. The prisoners reroute the train northwest through manual switching and drive straight through without stopping. When the train diagrams are finally reactivated, Gortz realizes he has been outmaneuvered and leads troops in pursuit. As the Alps appear, the prisoner train is attacked by German aircraft, rocket fire collapsing boulders onto a section of track. The POWs clear the track and use sections of the rails behind them to repair damaged sections and attempt to derail the oncoming German train. As the Germans race up from behind, Ryan, Fincham, and others stay behind to hold them off. The Germans see the sabotaged railway tracks and stop in time. Many soldiers are killed in the resulting battle, including Bostick. The prisoner train moves out as the men run for the moving rear platform with the Germans in pursuit. Most make it onto the train, but Ryan is killed by gunfire still running for the train as it approaches Switzerland. CastFrank Sinatra as Col. Joseph L. RyanTrevor Howard as Maj. Eric FinchamRaffaella Carrà as GabriellaBrad Dexter as Sgt. BostickSergio Fantoni as Capt. OrianiJohn Leyton as Lt. OrdeEdward Mulhare as Capt. Costanzo, the priestWolfgang Preiss as Maj. von KlemmentJames Brolin as Private AmesJohn van Dreelen as Col. GortzAdolfo Celi as Maj. Bassilio BattagliaVito Scotti as Peppino the Italian engineerRichard Bakalyan as Cpl. GianniniMichael Goodliffe as Capt. SteinMichael St. Clair as Sgt. DunbarIvan Triesault as Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm von Kleist

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