Von Ryan's Express Page #2

Synopsis: Ryan, an American POW, leads his fellow prisoners on a dangerous escape from the Germans in Italy. Having seemingly made errors of judgment, Ryan has to win the support of the mainly British soldiers he is commanding.
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Director(s): Mark Robson
Production: Fox
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
APPROVED
Year:
1965
117 min
272 Views


Those stir-crazy limey officers

are trying to fight the war from in here.

They got so many tunnels dug,

you could fall into one.

- You expect me to keep them from digging?

- You got the rank for it, sir.

Don't get us wrong, sir. Nobody's here to

defend Battaglia. He's a two-bit Mussolini.

But if they'd let up, he would too.

With Sicily gone, our guys will come through

Italy like shoe polish through a tin horn.

All we gotta do is get healthy,

sit tight and wait.

These people have been here for two years.

I just got here. I need time to check this out.

Not too long. Please, sir.

Three of my boys are just about gone now.

Colonel Ryan, this is Captain Costanzo,

our regimental chaplain.

- Lieutenant Orde.

- Lieutenant.

- Delighted, Colonel Ryan.

- Please sit down. Sorry I kept you waiting.

Colonel Lockart always sat here.

I'll be fine right here. Thank you.

Major, if you don't mind talking about it,

how did your colonel buy it?

He struck Battaglia with his stick.

Do you see that sweatbox there?

Colonel Lockart died in there last night.

Which makes you

the senior officer of this camp.

My regiment will await your orders.

It's still your regiment, Major.

Thank you, sir.

It's made from pumpkins, you know.

Just a little different, don't you think?

We couldn't help noticing

where you sat, Colonel.

It took 200 years to make officers

like those. It took me 90 days.

- They're nuts, sir.

- It's their ball game.

- We're still shut out.

- We did as good with a sergeant.

Now we got us a bird colonel.

A bird colonel outranks a birdbrain. Clear?

- Anything else, Sergeant?

- No, sir.

Bird is right. Chicken.

OK, OK. Now we know we're on our own.

- Do you feel up to a bit of running, sir?

- Running?

Dodging the lights, I mean.

It's pretty important.

- What the hell is this?

- Earth, sir, from the tunnel.

We reckon the barracks ceiling can hold

two tons of it if we spread it around right.

Sorry to ask you to make this trip,

but I thought you ought to be here.

Your countrymen were caught

trying to steal supplies.

- What supplies, Major?

- Escape rations. See for yourself.

These men are thieves.

But since they're Americans,

I wanted your approval to punish them.

- What's your side?

- My boys need things from those parcels, sir.

- Food. And more important, mepacrine.

- That true, Major?

Perfectly. But these men are thieves

and should be punished.

Negative. These men are sick. You've also got

50 men in sickbay with the same disease.

- What the hell are you doing about that?

- War produces casualties, Colonel.

Everyone in camp's been exposed to malaria.

The only way a man has a chance of escape is

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Wendell Mayes

Wendell Curran Mayes (July 21, 1919 – March 28, 1992) was a Hollywood screenwriter. more…

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