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King Rat
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.
1965 · Directed by Bryan Forbes · 134 min · Drama · War · 8 frames
Tagline
They Made the Toughest Among Them... King!
Crew
- Screenplay: Bryan Forbes
- Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
- Edited by: Walter Thompson
- Music: John Barry
- Production design: Robert Emmet Smith
- Produced by: James Woolf
Cast
- George Segal as Corporal King
- James Fox as Peter Marlowe
- Tom Courtenay as Grey
- Patrick O'Neal as Max
- James Donald as Dr. Kennedy
- John Mills as Smedley-Taylor
- Denholm Elliott as Larkin
- Leonard Rossiter as McCoy
- Joe Turkel as Dino
- Todd Armstrong as Tex
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Japanese, Malay
- Studios: Coleytown
- Themes: singapore, pacific war, black and white
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