The Camp on Blood Island (1958)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Val Guest

Writers:

Jon Manchip White (story)
Val Guest (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 June 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | War

Tagline:

Authenticated by the very few who survived the massacre in...

Plot:

Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Colonel | Sergeant | Prisoner Of War | Beautiful Woman

Cast

André Morell	...	Col. Lambert (as Andre Morell)
Carl Möhner	...	Piet Van Elst (as Carl Mohner)
Walter Fitzgerald	...	Cyril Beattie
Edward Underdown	...	Major Dawes
Phil Brown	...	Lt. Peter Bellamy
Barbara Shelley	...	Kate Keiller
Michael Goodliffe	...	Father Paul Anjou
Michael Gwynn	...	Tom Shields
Ronald Radd	...	Commander Yamamitsu
Marne Maitland	...	Captain Sakamura
Wolfe Morris	...	Interpreter
Richard Wordsworth	...	Dr. Robert Keiller
Mary Merrall	...	Mrs. Helen Beattie
Michael Ripper	...	Japanese driver
Edwin Richfield	...	Sergeant-Major

Runtime:

USA:81 min | West Germany:77 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:X (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Secret of Blood Island (1964)

The Camp on Blood Island.

Excellent war movie.Is this film available on video/DVD? Again it is one of those films that appears to have disappeared Into cinema history. Being made in black and white seems to give the film more authenticity. Carl Mohner is excellent as the leader of the prisoners.It is difficult to say anything negative about this movie. The plot is straightforward,but riveting.The Japanese do not know the war is over.The prisoners have found out and are fearful of what will happen to them once the sadistic camp commander acquires this knowledge. The allies are getting closer and the tension mounts.Don't miss this one if it comes to the small screen.Althougth perhaps not in the same league has "the Bridge over the River Kawi" or "The Great Escape" it is still nevertheless an excellent P.O.W. movie in its own right.So why isn't it on DVD?