King Rat

King Rat

134 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 27, 1965

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.

King Rat

134 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 27, 1965

King Rat
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Coleytown
Original title King Rat
Directors Robert Templeton, C.M. Florance, Russell Saunders, Bryan Forbes
Writers James Clavell, Bryan Forbes

Cast

George Segal

as Corporal King

James Fox

as Peter Marlowe

Tom Courtenay

as Grey

James Donald

as Dr. Kennedy

John Mills

as Smedley-Taylor

Denholm Elliott

as Larkin

Leonard Rossiter

as McCoy

Joe Turkel

as Dino

Gerald Sim

as Jones

Richard Dawson

as Weaver

John Standing

as Daven

John Ronane

as Hawkins

Alan Webb

as Brant

Geoffrey Bayldon

as Vexley

Wright King

as Brough

Hamilton Dyce

as Padre

Michael Lees

as Stevens

John Merivale

as Foster

Arthur Malet

as Blakeley

Michael Stroka

as Miller

Dale Ishimoto

as Yoshima

William Fawcett

as Steinmetz

Teru Shimada

as Japanese General

John Warburton

as Commandant

Reg Lye

as Tinker Bell

John Orchard

as Gurble

Hedley Mattingly

as Dr Prudhomme

John Barclay

as Spence

Louis Neervort

as Torusumi

Edward Ashley

as Prouty

Anthony Faramus

as Prisoner

David Haviland

as Masters

Laurence Conroy

as Townsend

Roy Duane

as Peterson

John Levingston

as Myner

Sam Reese

as Kurt

Bryan Forbes

as Radio (Voice)

Brian Gaffikin

as Prisoner in Hut

Mathew McCue

as Prisoner

George Pelling

as Major Barry

Mickey Simpson

as First Sergeant Camp Liberator

Dick Johnson

as Pop