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Writers:
Claire Phillips (novel)
Claire Phillips (magazine article "I Was an American Spy") ...
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Release Date:
14 April 1951 (USA) more
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TENSE! TRUE! FROM THE "READER'S DIGEST" SENSATION THAT SHOCKED A NATION! more
Plot:
Begins in documentary style when U. S. Army General Mark Clark authenticates Claire Phillips' adventures and achievements... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Ann Dvorak ... Mrs. Claire 'High Pockets' Phillips
Gene Evans ... Cpl. John Boone
Douglas Kennedy ... Sgt. John Phillips
Richard Loo ... Col. Masamato
Leon Lontoc ... Pacio
Chabing ... Lolita
Philip Ahn ... Capt. Arito
Marya Marco ... Fely
Nadine Ashdown ... Dian
Lisa Ferraday ... Dorothy Fuentes
Howard Chuman ... Kamuri
Fred Revelala ... Zig Zag (as Freddie Revelala)
James B. Leong ... Ho Sang
Mark W. Clark ... Himself / Authenticator in Prologue (as General Mark Clark)
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Runtime:
85 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Based on Fact, 9 June 2003
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Author: Robert W. Anderson (bayareabob@mac.com) from United States

This is a good movie about a real life character. It has to be viewed in the context of the time. It was shortly after the war and the wounds left by the Japanese treatment of prisoners of war were still deeply felt. Some of the acting is a little over the top by today's standards. But, watch it, and try to imagine going through what these people (the allied POW's) went through. I enjoyed it. And I appreciate their sacrifice.

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