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King Rat (1965)
Directed by Bryan Forbes
Overview
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a wheeler-dealer who has managed to establish a pretty good life for himself in the camp. King soon forms a friendship with an upper-class British officer who is fascinated with King’s enthusiastic approach to life.
Length 134 minutes
Actors
George Segal | James Fox | Tom Courtenay | Patrick O'Neal | James Donald | John Mills | Denholm Elliott | Leonard Rossiter | Joe Turkel | Todd Armstrong | Gerald Sim | Richard Dawson | John Standing | John Ronane | Alan Webb | Geoffrey Bayldon | Wright King | Hamilton Dyce | Michael Lees | John Merivale | Arthur Malet | Michael Stroka | Dale Ishimoto | William Fawcett | Teru Shimada | David Frankham | John Warburton | Reg Lye | John Orchard | Hedley Mattingly | John Barclay | Louis Neervort | Edward Ashley | Anthony Faramus | David Haviland | Laurence Conroy | Roy Duane | John Levingston | Sam Reese | Bryan Forbes | Brian Gaffikin | Mathew McCue | George Pelling | Mickey Simpson | Dick Johnson