King Rat (1965)2h14
Drama · War
Director Bryan Forbes
Also directed The Stepford Wives, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, The Wrong Box, and 14 more
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.
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Cast
George Segal
James Fox
Tom Courtenay
Patrick O'Neal
James Donald
John Mills
Denholm Elliott
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