Movie · 1965

King Rat

They Made the Toughest Among Them... King!

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Wartime survival Prison camp drama Moral ambiguity Class tension Antiheroic Unlikely friendship

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Release
1965
Runtime
134 min

Synopsis

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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