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4.3/10   18 votes
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Director:
Brian McKenna
Writers:
Brian McKenna (writer)
Terence McKenna (writer)
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Release Date:
12 January 1992 (Canada) more
Genre:
Documentary | Drama | War more
User Comments:
False Accusation more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Terence McKenna ... Narrator (voice)
Andrew Tarbet ... John Payne
Jean-Michel Henry ... Armand Bourbonniere
Randy Hughson ... Laurie Mackay

David Hewlett ... Walter Jenkins
Keibo Oiwa ... Japanese officer
Greg Spottiswood ... John Stroud
Paul-Augustin Querton ... Roger Cyr
Brooke Johnson ... Kay Christie
Martin Julien ... Les Canivet
Andrew Miller ... Ike Friesen

Jeremy Ratchford ... Fred Reich
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shinsuki Adachi ... Himself (Japanese Imperial Army)
Robert Clayton ... Himself (Royal Rifles of Canada) (as Bob Clayton)
Bob Grillo ... Himself (US Navy)
Shigetoki Hitoki ... Himself (Japanese Imperial Army)
Shuichi Kawata ... Himself (Japanese Imperial Army)
Robert Manchester ... Himself (Winnipeg Grenadiers) (also archive footage) (as Bob Manchester)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La bataille de Hong Kong (Canada: French title)
La bravoure et le mépris, partie 1 (Canada: French title) (series title)
Savage Christmas: Hong Kong 1941
The Valour and the Horror, Part 1 (Canada: English title) (series title)
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Runtime:
104 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English | Japanese

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Followed by Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command (1992) (TV) more

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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
False Accusation, 16 April 2007
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Author: tombaginski from Canada

This documentary implies that the Canadian government sent a battalion of troops to Honk Kong on the eve of the Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor knowing that they would be slaughtered once war began. These accusations are not supported by historical evidence and those parts of the film are generally regarded as having been included specifically to stir controversy and so publicity.

The public outcry in Canada over this film nonetheless did not hurt the producers, whose careers skyrocketed after its production.

I would encourage anyone wishing to see Savage Christmas to do so with a grain of salt.

Other than the accusation described above, the film is well-produced and smoothly done, but it should perhaps be filed more in the category of history-based film, such as John Cameron's "Titanic" than as a documentary.

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