Bibliograph

King Rat, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Coleytown production ; produced by James Woolf ; written for the screen and directed by Bryan Forbes

Type

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Label

King Rat, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Coleytown production ; produced by James Woolf ; written for the screen and directed by Bryan Forbes

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

King Rat

Oclc number

52810105

Responsibility statement

Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Coleytown production ; produced by James Woolf ; written for the screen and directed by Bryan Forbes

Runtime

134

Summary

In Singapore's Changi Gaol during WWII, an opportunistic American POW makes deals with the camp guards in order to make his confinement more comfortable, 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

adult

Technique

live action

Contributor