
Feature film — 1965
King Rat (1965)
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.
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Director: Bryan Forbes
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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