King Rat
- Released on
- Runtime
- 134 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- George Segal
- James Fox
- Tom Courtenay
- Patrick O'Neal
- James Donald
- John Mills
- Denholm Elliott
- Leonard Rossiter
- Joe Turkel
- Todd Armstrong
- Gerald Sim
- Richard Dawson
- John Standing
- John Ronane
- Alan Webb
- Geoffrey Bayldon
- Wright King
- Hamilton Dyce
- Michael Lees
- John Merivale
- Arthur Malet
- Michael Stroka
- Dale Ishimoto
- William Fawcett
- Teru Shimada
- David Frankham
- John Warburton
- Reg Lye
- John Orchard
- Hedley Mattingly
- John Barclay
- Louis Neervort
- Edward Ashley
- Anthony Faramus
- David Haviland
- Laurence Conroy
- Roy Duane
- John Levingston
- Sam Reese
- Bryan Forbes
- Brian Gaffikin
- Mathew McCue
- George Pelling
- Mickey Simpson
- Dick Johnson
Director
- Bryan Forbes
Producers
- James Woolf
Screenwriter
- Bryan Forbes
