King Rat, Columbia Pictures Corporation ; produced by James Woolf ; written for the screen and directed by Bryan Forbes
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King Rat, Columbia Pictures Corporation ; produced by James Woolf ; written for the screen and directed by Bryan Forbes
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
King Rat
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
Columbia Pictures Corporation ; produced by James Woolf ; written for the screen and directed by Bryan Forbes
Runtime
134
Summary
In Singapore's Changi Gaol during WWII, Corporal King, a thoroughly unscrupulous and opportunistic American POW, makes shabby deals with the camp guards in order to make his confinement more comfortable. King delights in rising above his military rank and social class as he uses his streetwise tactics to "rule" over his fellow Allied prisoners and his Japanese captors
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Contributor
Content
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- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor7
- Genre3
- Subject4
- Content1