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Release Date: 1965

Cast: Patrick O'Neal, Alan Webb, Gerald Sim, Leonard Rossiter, Tom Courtenay, James Donald, John Mills, George Segal, Todd Armstrong, John Standing, James Fox, Denholm Elliott

Categories: Movies, Period piece, War film

King Rat is a 1965 World War II film adapted from the James Clavell novel King Rat. The film was directed by Bryan Forbes and starred George Segal as Corporal King and James Fox as Marlowe, two World War II prisoners of war in a squalid camp near Singapore. It partly based on Clavell's experiences as a POW at Changi Prison during World War II. Among the supporting cast were John Mills and Tom Courtenay. Corporal King is an anomaly in the Japanese prison camp; not only is he one of only a handful of Americans amongst the mainly British and Australian inmates, he is actually thriving through... MORE

King Rat is a 1965 World War II film adapted from the James Clavell novel King Rat. The film was directed by Bryan Forbes and starred George Segal as Corporal King and James Fox as Marlowe, two World War II prisoners of war in a squalid camp near Singapore. It partly based on Clavell's experiences as a POW at Changi Prison during World War II. Among the supporting cast were John Mills and Tom Courtenay. Corporal King is an anomaly in the Japanese prison camp; not only is he one of only a handful of Americans amongst the mainly British and Australian inmates, he is actually thriving through his conniving and black market enterprises while others (nearly all of higher rank) struggle to survive the sickness and starvation, while retaining as much of their civilised nature as they can. In the course of his activities, King recruits upper class British RAF officer, Flight Lieutenant Peter Marlowe (James Fox) to act as a translator. As they become better acquainted, Marlowe comes to like the man and appreciate his cunning. For his part, King respects Marlowe, but his attitude is otherwise ambiguous. When Marlowe accidentally injures his arm, King obtains expensive medicines to save the LESS