
Frank Sinatra plays Colonel Joseph Ryan, an American POW who, after escaping a German camp in Italy, seizes a freight train to lead a group of Allied prisoners toward freedom. He must persuade the British soldiers he now commands to follow his daring plan while evading German forces.
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James Brolin
Private Ames

Adolfo Celi
Battaglia

Wolfgang Preiss
Major Von Klemment

Trevor Howard
Major Eric Fincham

Frank Sinatra
Colonel Joseph L. Ryan

Brad Dexter
Sergeant Bostick

Ivan Triesault
Von Kleist

Ian Abercrombie
English POW

Vito Scotti
Peppino, Italian Train Engineer

Horst Ebersberg

Richard Bakalyan
Corporal Giannini

John Van Dreelen
Colonel Gortz

Edward Mulhare
Captain Costanzo

Michael Goodliffe
Captain Stein

Arthur Brauss

Donald F. Glut

James B. Sikking
American POW

William Berger

Paul Müller

Jacques Stany
Gortz's Aide

John Leyton
Lt. Orde

John Daheim
American POW

Raffaella Carrà
Gabriella

Michael St. Clair
Sergeant Major Dunbar

Sergio Fantoni
Captain Oriani

Rudy Germane
Controller (uncredited)

Robert "Buzz" Henry
American POW

Michael Romanoff
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