Having seemingly made errors of judgment, ryan has to win the support of the mainly british soldiers he is commanding. An american pow leads a group of mainly british prisoners to. From internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and video games. Abused by a corrupt commandant adolfo celi, the men protest. His correct rank in 1943 was generalfeldmarschall field marshal. An american pow leads a group mainly british prisoners to escape from the germans in wwii. It seems as a wrong judgment to ryan and now he has to gain the support of his british soldiers he is commanding. 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 frank sinatra is locked up with british prisoners, after his army air corp plane crashes in a nearby town. 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. Based on the novel by david westheimer, the film changes several aspects of the. 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. 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. Ryan, an american pow, leads his fellow prisoners on a dangerous escape from the germans in italy.
Ryan trevor howard major eric fincham brad dexter sergeant bostick sergio fantoni captain oriani as the allies take control of italy during wwii, the germans prepare to transfer the occupants of a pow camp to germany. It inspired me to write my first novel, 2 years later as a christmas present for my sister, which was, sadly, historically rather inaccurate. An american pow leads a group of mainly british prisoners to escape from the germans in wwii. As sao senior american officer, he quickly puts a stop to disorder, and. With frank sinatra, trevor howard, raffaella carra, brad dexter. Westheimer captures the gritty oblivion of pow life, while the suspense builds as the prisoners try to plot their escape. The houstonborn writer had served with distinction in world war ii as a b24 navigator distinguished flying cross. It spreads into high adventure as they highjack their own prison train. Taken from the book released two years prior, the film is set in an italian prisoner of war camp, where col. The man with the golden arm 1955 frank sinatra crime, drama, filmnoir duration. Italys defeat may be imminent, but that causes only confusion for the british and american inmates. German etched dress bayonets extraseitengewehre 19331945.
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