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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.
King Rat is a 1962 novel by James Clavell and the author's literary debut. Set during World War II, the novel describes the struggle for survival of American, Australian, British, Dutch and New Zealander prisoners of war in a Japanese camp in Singapore.
King Rat: Directed by Bryan Forbes. With George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Patrick O'Neal. Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. camp during World War II and uses bribery and larceny to take de-facto control of the camp.
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- Drama, War
- Bryan Forbes
- 1965-10-27
In the engrossing, cynical, and well acted war drama King Rat (1965), George Segal plays Cpl. King, an American held captive in a WWII Japanese-run prison camp along with 10,000 other American, British and Australian POWs.
The story of ‘King Rat’ by James Clavell takes place in an enclosed small wartime POW camp with imprisoned English, Australians, and some Americans. Japanese soldiers guard the camp which is surrounded by jungle and Malay villages. It is standalone despite being labeled as #4 in the Asian Saga.
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King Rat. 1965 · 2 hr 15 min. TV-MA. War · Drama. Set during World War II, this film follows an American corporal who operates a number of lucrative rackets within a POW camp's confines. Subtitles: English.
