The movie is based on the 1964 novel by David Westheimer, though the film's "nail-biting" finale is significantly more tragic than the book's upbeat ending [1, 6].
The 1965 film is a World War II adventure story about a daring prisoner-of-war (POW) escape from German-occupied Italy [1, 5]. Plot Summary subtitle Von.Ryan's.Express.1965.720p.BluRay.x2...
He is mockingly dubbed "Von Ryan" by the British soldiers after some of his cautious decisions unintentionally benefit the enemy, leading to the deaths of several Allied troops [3, 11]. The movie is based on the 1964 novel