King Rat

Overview:

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. There were no walls or barbed-wire fences for the simple reason that there was no place for the prisoners to escape to. Included among the prisoners is the American Cpl. King, a wheeler dealer who has managed to established a pretty good life for himself in the camp. While most of the prisoners are near starvation and have uniforms that are in tatters, King eats well and and has crisp clean clothes to wear every day. King soon forms a friendship with Lt. Peter Marlowe, an upper class British officer who is fascinated with King's élan approach to life.

Released: 1965-10-27

Duration: 02:14:00

Genre: Drama, War

Director: C.M. Florance, Russell Saunders, Bryan Forbes, ...

Writer: Bryan Forbes, James Clavell

Cast: Denholm Elliott, Tom Courtenay, Richard Dawson, ...

Director: C.M. Florance Russell Saunders Bryan Forbes Robert Templeton

Writer: Bryan Forbes James Clavell

Cast: Denholm Elliott Tom Courtenay Richard Dawson Wright King David Frankham Mickey Simpson John Merivale William Fawcett Joe Turkel James Fox John Standing Geoffrey Bayldon John Orchard George Segal Leonard Rossiter Reg Lye Gerald Sim Arthur Malet John Mills Dale Ishimoto Sam Reese Patrick O'Neal James Donald Todd Armstrong John Ronane Alan Webb Hamilton Dyce Michael Lees Michael Stroka Teru Shimada John Warburton Hedley Mattingly John Barclay Louis Neervort Edward Ashley Dick Johnson Anthony Faramus David Haviland Laurence Conroy Roy Duane John Levingston Bryan Forbes Brian Gaffikin Mathew McCue George Pelling

Genre: Drama War

Description

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied P.O.W.s, mostly British, but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. This was a P.O.W. camp like no other. There were no walls or barbed-wire fences, for the simple reason that there was no place for the prisoners to which to escape. Included among the prisoners is the American Corporal King (George Segal), a wheeler-dealer who has managed to established a pretty good life for himself in the camp. While most of the prisoners are near starvation and have uniforms that are in tatters, King eats well and and has crisp clean clothes to wear every day. His nemesis is Lieutenant Robin Grey (Sir Tom Courtenay), the camp Provost who attempts to keep good order and discipline. He knows that King is breaking camp rules by bartering with the Japanese, but can't quite get the evidence he needs to stop him. King soon forms a friendship with Lieutenant Peter Marlowe (James Fox), an upper class British officer who is fascinated with King's style and no-rules approach to life. As the story develops, it reveals the hypocrisy of the British class system and for King, the fact that his position in Changi's "society" is tenuous as best.

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