King Rat (film)

Infobox Film
name = King Rat


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director = Bryan Forbes
producer = James Woolf
writer = Bryan Forbes
James Clavell
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starring = George Segal
Tom Courtenay
James Fox
Patrick O'Neal
Denholm Elliott
music = John Barry
cinematography = Burnett Guffey
editing = Walter Thompson
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = October 27, 1965
runtime = 134 min
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0059358

"King Rat" is a 1965 film version of the James Clavell novel "King Rat". The film was directed by Bryan Forbes and starred George Segal as Corporal King. Among the supporting cast were John Mills, Tom Courtenay, James Fox and Leonard Rossiter.

The movie follows life in a POW camp in World War II. Some of the (mainly British) star cast are listed below.

Cast

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Cinematography and Art Direction.

Trivia

George Segal's character is seen wearing the shoulder sleeve insignia of the U.S. Army's elite 34th Infantry Division, the feared Red Bulls. The 34ID fought the Germans during WWII, not the Japanese. It is highly unlikely that a member of the 34ID would have been transferred to the CBI or Pacific theater and seen action against the Japanese, and then get captured.

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