King Rat (1965)

7.1/10 134 min Drama War

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.

Cast

George Segal

Corporal King

James Fox

Peter Marlowe

Tom Courtenay

Grey

Patrick O'Neal

Max

James Donald

Dr. Kennedy

John Mills

Smedley-Taylor

Denholm Elliott

Larkin

Leonard Rossiter

McCoy

Joe Turkel

Dino

Todd Armstrong

Tex

Gerald Sim

Jones

Richard Dawson

Weaver

John Standing

Daven

John Ronane

Hawkins

Alan Webb

Brant

Geoffrey Bayldon

Vexley

Wright King

Brough

Hamilton Dyce

Padre

Michael Lees

Stevens

John Merivale

Foster

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