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Actors: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Edward Mulhare, James Brolin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Von Ryan's Express |
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This is the story of American prisoners of war escaping from an Italian prison camp during World War II on a moving train. The movie has some action, but Frank Sinatra plays the senior officer in charge, and he seems half asleep in the role.
--Stan, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Von Ryan's Express |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- WW II
War story:
- escaping behind enemy lines
POW movie?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- military pilot
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Kind of violence:
- guns
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