Claudette Colbert
Agnes Newton Keith
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Three Came Home is a 1950 American World War II film directed by Jean Negulesco, based on the memoirs of the same name by writer Agnes Newton Keith.It depicts Keith's life in North Borneo in the period immediately before the Japanese invasion in 1942, and her subsequent internment and suffering, separated from her husband Harry, and with a young son to care for.
- $1.9 million (US)
- Hugo Friedhofer
- Nunnally Johnson
Based on a true story, this film follows Agnes Keith, an American woman imprisoned by the Japanese in Borneo with her son. She faces hardships, horrors and hope in this war-time drama directed by Jean Negulesco.
- (2.1K)
- Drama, War
- Jean Negulesco
- 1950-02-20
Rent Three Came Home on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Agnes Keith (Claudette Colbert) and husband Harry (Patric Knowles) have lived in Borneo for years ...
- (34)
- Claudette Colbert
- Jean Negulesco
- Drama
A war drama based on a true story of a woman who survived as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. Learn about the cast, crew, production, and reception of this film on Turner Classic Movies.
- Jean Negulesco, Jason Lindsey, Saul Wurtzel
- Claudette Colbert
In this docudrama, American author Agnes Newton Keith recounts her time spent in Japanese internment in Borneo during WWII. In 1941, she and her husband, Harry Keith, a colonial British official, had already been living in Sandakan, the capital of British North Borneo, for several years, with their then four year old son Georgie, when they knew ...
Three Came Home - 1950. This powerful drama is the true story of American author Agnes Newton Keith's ordeal as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War Two. Claudette Colbert stars as Mrs. Keith, living on the island of Sandakan in the Borneo region, with her British husband and young son, when the Japanese invade. Rentals include 30 days ...
