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  1. David Westheimer (April 11, 1917 in Houston, Texas – November 8, 2005) was an American novelist best known for writing the 1964 novel Von Ryan's Express which was adapted as a 1965 film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard.

  2. Nov 20, 2005 · David Westheimer, who wrote the novels ''My Sweet Charlie'' and ''Von Ryan's Express,'' which was turned into a movie starring Frank Sinatra, died here on Nov. 8. He was 88. The cause was...

  3. David Westheimer has 50 books on Goodreads with 2708 ratings. David Westheimers most popular book is Von Ryan's Express.

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  5. Jun 22, 2022 · David Kaplan Westheimer, novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and prisoner of war during World War II, was born in Houston, Texas, on April 11, 1917. He was the son of Adolf and Ester (Kaplan) Westheimer and the great-nephew to Mitchell Louis Westheimer, a successful and wealthy Houston businessman.

  6. Nov 12, 2005 · David Westheimer, a bestselling novelist whose most successful work -- "Von Ryan's Express" -- drew on his experiences as a World War II prisoner of war and was made into a popular movie that...

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  7. David Westheimer was a novelist best-known for his for his 1964 novel Von Ryan's Express, which was based in part upon his experiences as a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany during World War II.

  8. Westheimer, David 1917–2005. (Z.Z. Smith, David Kaplan Westheimer) OBITUARY NOTICE —See index for CA sketch: Born April 11, 1917, in Houston, TX; died of heart failure, November 8, 2005, in Los Angeles, CA. Journalist and author.

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