Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 American World War II adventure movie directed by Mark Robson and based on the novel of the same name by David Westheimer. It stars Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà, Brad Dexter, Sergio Fantoni, John Leyton, James Brolin, Edward Mulhare, Wolfgang Preiss, Vito Scotti and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1966.