Colonel ryan attempts to lead them across hundreds of. One thousand american and british pows in an italian pow camp are herded into boxcars on a train bound for nazi germany. Ryans fellow inmates release him from the box with the welcome news that the allies have landed at salerno and italy has surrendered. 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. Colonel ryan attempts to lead them across hundreds of miles of germany into switzerland. Having seemingly made errors of judgment, ryan has to. Seeing it again after all that time i am pleased to say that it has lost none of its zip. While the majority of the prisoners at the camp are british. 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. Colonel joseph ryan, a usaaf p38 pilot, is shot down over italy and taken to a pow camp run. Ryan sinatra is an american army air corps pilot that is shot down over italy near the end of the italian. And if you didnt care for this film, well then when youre through picking this one apart tell me of one you did like. The houstonborn writer had served with distinction in world war ii as a b24 navigator distinguished flying cross, air medal and had been a prisoner of war in both italy and germany. Colonel joseph ryan is shot down in italy in august 1943, around the time of the allied invasion of sicily. Having seemingly made errors of judgment, ryan has to win the support of.
It is here that he meets major eric fincham trevor howard who has been in charge of the captured troops in the camp. Having seemingly made errors of judgment, ryan has to win the support of the mainly british soldiers he is commanding. 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. Having seemingly made errors of judgement, ryan has to win the. Ryan, an american pow, leads his fellow prisoners on a dangerous escape from the germans in italy. 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. Hidden from the germans by italian soldiers, ryan winds. An american pow leads a group mainly british prisoners to escape from the germans in wwii. An american colonel and british prisoners escape and take over a train and escape to switzerland in spite of.
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