The desert rats ; Twelve o'clock high ; Von Ryan's express ; The young lions
(DVD) 

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Murphy, Richard, 1912-1993, screenwriter.
Jacks, Robert L., 1927-1987, film producer.
Wise, Robert, 1914-2005, film director.
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979, presenter,
Bartlett, Sy, 1903-1978, screenwriter.
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Action and adventure films
Action and adventure films
Airmen -- Drama.
Antisemitism -- Drama.
Bomber pilots -- Drama.
Command of troops -- Drama.
Drama
Escaped prisoners of war -- Italy -- Drama.
Feature films
Feature films
Fiction films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Film adaptations
Hijacking of trains
Hijacking of trains -- Italy -- Drama.
Historical films.
Italy -- History -- German occupation, 1943-1945 -- Drama.
Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Drama.
Soldiers -- Germany -- Attitudes -- Drama.
Soldiers -- United States -- 20th century -- Drama.
Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942 -- Drama.
United States. -- Air Force -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Australia -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation -- Italy -- Drama.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Airmen.
Antisemitism.
Australia.
Bomber pilots.
Command of troops.
Escaped prisoners of war.
Germany.
Historical films.
History.
Italy.
Libya -- Tobruk.
Military campaigns.
North Africa.
Prisoner-of-war escapes.
Regimental histories.
Soldiers -- Attitudes.
Soldiers.
Transportation.
United States.
United States. -- Air Force.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (503 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
024543676065

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
The desert rats originally produced as a motion picture in 1953.
General Note
Twelve o'clock high originally produced as a motion picture in 1949.
General Note
Von Ryan's express originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
General Note
The young lions originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
General Note
Twelve o'clock high based on the novel by Beirne Lay, Jr. and Sy Bartlett.
General Note
Von Ryan's express based on the novel by David Westheimer.
General Note
The young lions based on the novel by Irwin Shaw.
General Note
The desert rats and Twelve o'clock high: Full screen.
General Note
Von Ryan's express and The young lions: Widescreen.
Creation/Production Credits
The desert rats: Music, Leigh Harline ; director of photography, Lucien Ballard ; art direction, Lyle Wheeler, Addison Hehr ; film editor, Barbara McLean.
Creation/Production Credits
Twelve o'clock high: Music by Alfred Newman ; director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; art direction, Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford ; film editor, Barbara McLean.
Creation/Production Credits
Von Ryan's express: Music by Jerry Goldsmith ; director of photography, William H. Daniels ; art direction, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer.
Creation/Production Credits
The young lions: Music by Hugo Friedhofer ; director of photography, Joe MacDonald ; art direction, Lyle R. Wheeler, Addison Hehr ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer ; costumes designed by Adele Balkan.
Participants/Performers
The desert rats: Richard Burton, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty, Charles Tingwell, Charles Davis, Ben Wright, James Mason.
Participants/Performers
Twelve o'clock high: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger, Robert Arthur, Paul Stewart, John Kellogg, Bob Patten.
Participants/Performers
Von Ryan's express: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carra, Brad Dexter, Sergio Fantoni, John Leyton, Edward Mulhare, Wolfgang Preiss, James Brolin, John van Dreelen, Adolfo Celi, Vito Scotti, Richard Bakalyan, Michael Goodliffe, Michael St. Clair, Ivan Triesault.
Participants/Performers
The young lions: Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange, Barbara Rush, May Britt, Maximilian Schell, Dora Doll, Lee Van Cleef, Liliane Montevecchi, Parley Baer, Arthur Franz, Hal Baylor, Richard Gardner, Herbert Rudley.
Description
The desert rats: A courageous band of Australian soldiers stops Rommel's march to the Suez Canal.
Description
Twelve o'clock high: The commander of a U.S. bomber unit in Britain during World War II begins to crack under the strain.
Description
Von Ryan's express: An American captain leads Allied prisoners in a daring train escape across Nazi-controlled Italy during World War II.
Description
The young lions: The story of World War II from the American and the German perspectives. The German officer Christian Diestl approves less and less of the war. Jewish-American Noah Ackerman deals with antisemitism at home and in the army while entertainer Michael Whiteacre transforms from playboy to hero.
Target Audience
The desert rats, Twelve o'clock high, and The young lions: Not rated.
Target Audience
Von Ryan's express MPAA rating: PG.
System Details
DVD.
Language
The desert rats:,English, French, or Spanish dialogue; optional English subtitles; optional forced English subtitles during German language sections; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Language
Twelve o'clock high, Von Ryan's express, and The young lions:,English or French dialogue; optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Murphy, R., Jacks, R. L., Wise, R., Zanuck, D. F., Bartlett, S., Lay, B., Jr., King, H., Robson, M., Mayes, W., Landon, J., David, S., Anhalt, E., Lichtman, A., Dmytryk, E., Burton, R., Newton, R., Douglas, R., Thatcher, T., Rafferty, C., Tingwell, C., Davis, C., Wright, B., Mason, J., Peck, G., Marlowe, H., Merrill, G., Mitchell, M., Jagger, D., Arthur, R., Stewart, P., Kellogg, J., Patten, R., Sinatra, F., Howard, T., Carr�a, R., Dexter, B., Fantoni, S., Leyton, J., Mulhare, E., Preiss, W., Brolin, J., Van Dreelen, J., Celi, A., Scotti, V., Bakalyan, R., Goodliffe, M., St. Clair, M., Triesault, I., Brando, M., Clift, M., Martin, D., Lange, H., Rush, B., Britt, M., Schell, M., Doll, D., Van Cleef, L., Montevecchi, L., Baer, P., Franz, A., Baylor, H., Gardner, R., Rudley, H., Harline, L., Ballard, L., Wheeler, L., Hehr, A., McLean, B., Newman, A., Shamroy, L., Ransford, M., Goldsmith, J., Daniels, W., Smith, J. M., Brown, H., Spencer, D., Friedhofer, H., MacDonald, J., Balkan, A., Lay, B., Jr., Westheimer, D., & Shaw, I. (2010). The desert rats: Twelve o'clock high ; Von Ryan's express ; The young lions . Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Richard Murphy et al.. 2010. The Desert Rats: Twelve O'clock High ; Von Ryan's Express ; The Young Lions. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Richard Murphy et al.. The Desert Rats: Twelve O'clock High ; Von Ryan's Express ; The Young Lions Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Murphy, Richard, et al. The Desert Rats: Twelve O'clock High ; Von Ryan's Express ; The Young Lions Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, 2010.

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