This is the first film that I ever watched in which the main character was killed. (I first saw it as a child.)
The final scene has Sinatra gunned down as he is stretching out his hand to be pulled up into the back of the train. You are watching willing him on, hoping that the outstretched hands of his comrades will meet his. They don't and they are left watching as the train continues on with him receding further and further into the distance lying in between the tracks.
The story concerns a group of Allied POWs led by Sinatra trying to escape to freedom. They nearly get caught out several times.
One time that particularly sticks in my mind is where Sinatra's pilot watch becomes the attention of a German who attempts to barter with him for it. Of course, Sinatra's character speaks no German and he is getting ever more tense as the scene goes on. He is eventually rescued by one of his colleagues who does speak German. As far as I remember it was that bloke who plays the boss in Knight Rider (I can never remember his name).
One of the better films set in World War II. You should give it a watch sometime (wee bit of a referential joke there).
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