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Von Ryan's Express

1965 · 117 min · Director: Mark Robson ★ IMDb 7.1 · 16,414 ratings

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Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.

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Von Ryan's Express (1965) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Tension 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Tension, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Adventure, Action. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Tension and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Hope

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Fear
Hope
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearHope
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness47 %32 %12 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Tension46 %38 %13 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Hope45 %41 %14 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Tension49 %46 %16 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Tension55 %50 %16 %23 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Relief63 %56 %26 %33 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Tension70 %66 %48 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Tension68 %65 %51 %14 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Tension63 %61 %43 %20 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Tension66 %66 %40 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Tension70 %70 %38 %38 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Tension68 %65 %31 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Hope64 %59 %29 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 79′Tension68 %65 %40 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 85′Tension76 %76 %57 %18 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Tension78 %76 %59 %26 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Hope75 %71 %50 %51 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Tension79 %75 %54 %56 %
92.5 %≈ 108′Tension85 %84 %63 %44 %
97.5 %≈ 114′Tension88 %88 %67 %37 %
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

RC
Raffaella Carrà

JL
John Leyton

JL
John Leyton

Lt. Orde

EM
Edward Mulhare

WP
Wolfgang Preiss

WP
Wolfgang Preiss

Maj. Von Klemment

James Brolin

Pvt. Ames

Jv
John van Dreelen

Jv
John van Dreelen

Col. Gortz

Adolfo Celi

Battaglia

VS
Vito Scotti

Peppino, Italian Train Engineer

RB
Richard Bakalyan

Cpl. Giannini

MG
Michael Goodliffe

Capt. Stein

MS
Michael St. Clair

Sgt. Maj. Dunbar

IT
Ivan Triesault

Von Kleist

Ian Abercrombie

English POW (uncredited)

JS
Jacques Stany

Gortz's Aide (uncredited)

R"
Robert "Buzz" Henry

American Soldier (uncredited)

JD
John Daheim

American Soldier (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Mark Robson
Written by
Wendell Mayes, Joseph Landon, David Westheimer
Type
Movies
Released
1965
Runtime
117 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 16,414 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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