Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. camp during World War II and uses bribery and larceny to take de-facto control of the camp.
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- Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination.
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| George Segal | ... |
Corporal King
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| Tom Courtenay | ... |
Lieutenant Grey
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| James Fox | ... |
Pete Marlowe
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| Patrick O'Neal | ... |
Max
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| Denholm Elliott | ... |
Lt. Col. G.D. Larkin
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| James Donald | ... |
Dr. Kennedy
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| Todd Armstrong | ... |
Tex
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| John Mills | ... |
Colonel Smedley-Taylor
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| Gerald Sim | ... |
Lt. Colonel Jones
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| Leonard Rossiter | ... |
McCoy
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| John Standing | ... |
Colonel Daven
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| Alan Webb | ... |
Brant
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John Ronane | ... |
Captain Hawkins
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| Sam Reese | ... |
Kurt
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| Michael Lees | ... |
Stevens
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| Wright King | ... |
Brough
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Hamilton Dyce | ... |
The Padre
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| Joe Turkel | ... |
Dino
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| John Merivale | ... |
Colonel Foster
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| Geoffrey Bayldon | ... |
Vexley
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| Reg Lye | ... |
Tinker Bell
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| Arthur Malet | ... |
QMS Blakeley
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Hedley Mattingly | ... |
Dr. Prudhomme
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| Dale Ishimoto | ... |
Yoshima
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John Levingston | ... |
Myner
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| Teru Shimada | ... |
The Japanese General
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| Richard Dawson | ... |
Weaver
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| Michael Stroka | ... |
Miller
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| William Fawcett | ... |
Steinmetz
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Roy Duane | ... |
Peterson
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| John Orchard | ... |
Gurble
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Laurence Conroy | ... |
Townsend
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| John Warburton | ... |
The Commandant
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David Haviland | ... |
Masters
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Anthony Faramus | ... |
Prisoner
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Dick Johnson | ... |
Pop
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| John Barclay | ... |
Spence
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| Edward Ashley | ... |
Prouty
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| David Frankham | ... |
Cox
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Louis Neervort | ... |
Torusumi
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| Bryan Forbes | ... |
Radio (uncredited) (voice)
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Brian Gaffikin | ... |
Prisoner in Hut (uncredited)
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| Jimmie Horan | ... |
Prisoner (uncredited)
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| Dick Johnstone | ... |
Prisoner (uncredited)
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| Mathew McCue | ... |
Prisoner (uncredited)
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George Pelling | ... |
Maj. Barry (uncredited)
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| Mickey Simpson | ... |
1st Sergeant Camp Liberator (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Bryan Forbes | ||
Written by
| James Clavell | ... | (based on a novel by) |
| Bryan Forbes | ... | (written for the screen by) |
Produced by
| Marvin Miller | ... | associate producer |
| James Woolf | ... | producer |
Music by
| John Barry | ||
Cinematography by
| Burnett Guffey | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Walter Thompson | ||
Production Design by
| Robert Emmet Smith | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
| Robert Emmet Smith | ... | (as Robert Smith) |
Set Decoration by
| Frank Tuttle | ||
Makeup Department
| Ben Lane | ... | makeup supervisor |
| Joe DiBella | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Marvin Miller | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Russell Saunders | ... | assistant director |
| C.M. Florance | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
| Robert Templeton | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| William V. Kantor | ... | property master (uncredited) |
| Clarence Peet | ... | props (uncredited) |
| Ed Shanley | ... | construction coordinator (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Roy Baker | ... | dubbing editor |
| John Cox | ... | sound |
| James Z. Flaster | ... | sound |
| Charles J. Rice | ... | sound supervisor |
| Doug Grant | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
| Harold Lee | ... | recordist (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| John Burke | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
| Gerald Endler | ... | mechanical effects (uncredited) |
Stunts
| George Orrison | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Andrew J. McIntyre | ... | camera operator (as Andy McIntyre) |
| Kenny Bell | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
| Willard Klug | ... | grip (uncredited) |
| Walter Meins | ... | grip (uncredited) |
| James Saper | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
| Seldon White | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Joan Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
| Ed Ware | ... | costumer: men (uncredited) |
Music Department
| John Barry | ... | conductor |
| Vince De Rosa | ... | musician: french horn (uncredited) |
| Frederick Seykora | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Marie Kenney | ... | script girl |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia Pictures (1965) (United States) (theatrical)
- Columbia Films S. A. (1966) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Columbia International Films (1966) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (1966) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Columbia Film (1966) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Columbia Films (1966) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Columbia (1966) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Kamera (1966) (Norway) (theatrical)
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1967) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Columbia Pictures Home Video (1994) (United States) (VHS) (pan and scan)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Releasing (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (United States) (DVD) (For Columbia-Trister)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (United States) (VHS) (pan and scan)
- RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (1980) (Australia) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied P.O.W.s, mostly British, but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. This was a P.O.W. camp like no other. There were no walls or barbed-wire fences, for the simple reason that there was no place for the prisoners to which to escape. Included among the prisoners is the American Corporal King (George Segal), a wheeler-dealer who has managed to established a pretty good life for himself in the camp. While most of the prisoners are near starvation and have uniforms that are in tatters, King eats well and and has crisp clean clothes to wear every day. His nemesis is Lieutenant Robin Grey (Sir Tom Courtenay), the camp Provost who attempts to keep good order and discipline. He knows that King is breaking camp rules by bartering with the Japanese, but can't quite get the evidence he needs to stop him. King soon forms a friendship with Lieutenant Peter Marlowe (James Fox), an upper class British officer who is fascinated with King's style and no-rules approach to life. As the story develops, it reveals the hypocrisy of the British class system and for King, the fact that his position in Changi's "society" is tenuous as best. Written by garykmcd |
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| Taglines | He entered WWII a soldier... and left a King. See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Due to the cast, director and setting, this is often assumed to be a British movie, but it was entirely filmed in California. See more » |
| Goofs | At the end of the opening credits, a medic folds the arms of a newly-deceased prisoner and covers his face with his blanket. As the medic does so, the dead prisoner moves his own fingers as his hands are placed on his upper arms. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in A Walk on the Moon (1999). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Adeste Fideles See more » |
| Crazy Credits | [Prologue] This is not a story of escape. It is a story of survival. It is set in Changi Jail Singapore, in 1945 The Japanese did not have to guard Changi as a normal prison of war camp. The inmates of Changi had no friendly Swiss border or any other neutral country within reach. They were held captive not so much by high walls, or barbed wire, or machine-gun posts, but by the land and sea around them - and the jungle was not neutral, nor was the ocean. They did not live in Changi. They existed. This is the story of that existence. See more » |
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Lt. Robin Grey:
Why do you think it is, Corporal, that you have so much and the rest of us so little? One day, Corporal, you're going to make a slip. All this wealth you've got isn't going to check against my list. And when you do; when that happens... I'll be ready. And you'll be in there... [points to the bamboo cage] Lt. Robin Grey: in my cage. I'm not playing at being provost marshall, you know. And I've never yet heard of a run of luck that didn't run out. And yours will - depend on it - because you're like all criminals: you're greedy. Cpl. King: Lieutenant, I'd like to point out to you that I don't have to put up with this crap from you. I'm not in your two-bit army, I'm in our two-bit army. If you're looking for something to live for, when we get out of this you come looking for me and I'll hand you your head. See more » |