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Set in a WWII Japanese POW camp, this adaptation of the James Clavell novel is about an American corporal who operates a number of lucrative rackets within the camp's confines. Chief among these is the sale of rats to his fellow prisoners to supplement their meager food rations. Drama 1965 2 hr 13 min. 100%. NR.
2 hr 14 min. 7.5 (5,035) In 1965's "King Rat", James Clavell, the writer of "The Great Escape", brings the experience of his own time in a Japanese internment camp to the big screen. Set in WWII Singapore, King Rat, based on Clavell's own novel, follows a young American soldier, Corporal King (George Segal), who has survived imprisonment by the ...
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King Rat 1965 - good war/ww2 movie staring George Segal. Kind of examines human nature in the context of a POW camp…
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 ...
Apr 13, 2024 · King Rat (film) King Rat is a 1965 American war film written and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring George Segal and James Fox. They play Corporal King and Flight Lieutenant Marlowe, respectively, two World War II prisoners of war in a squalid camp in Singapore. Among the supporting cast are John Mills and Tom Courtenay.
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