Life in a Japanese prisonor of war camp in Singapore, towards the end of World War Two. The camp's Provost Marshal vows to make trouble for Corporal King, who has spent his time... more
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...Japanese POW camp in 1965's King Rat, based on a novel by James Clavell. As Corporal King, Segal swaggers and schemes, running his little corner of the black market with help from a ragtag group of soldiers willing to do anything for a few bucks. King befriends Brit officer Peter Marlowe (James Fox), who speaks the local language and can translate for King when he sells off watches and jewelry for other desperate prisoners (for a sizable fee, of ... ...(Tom Courtenay), whose loathing of King borders on the pathological. The prisoners in King Rat aren't plotting to make a run for it, a la The Great Escape - it's established early in the film that such is not an option, as there's literally nowhere for escapees from the Singapore camp to go. The movie instead explores the day-to-day life of these beaten-down men, starving and sick, as they scrape together the best sort of life they can under the ...
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Actor(s): George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Denholm Elliott, Todd Armstrong, Patrick O'Neal, James Donald, John Mills
Director(s): Bryan Forbes
Genre: War
Classification: Parental Guidance
Production Year: 1965
Colour: Black & White
Running Time: 2 hours 9 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: Life in a Japanese prisonor of war camp in Singapore, towards the end of World War Two. The camp's Provost Marshal vows to make trouble for Corporal King, who has spent his time collaborating with his captors.
DVD Description
Life in a Japanese prisonor of war camp in Singapore, towards the end of World War Two. The camp's Provost Marshal vows to make trouble for Corporal King, who has spent his time collaborating with his captors.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
