King Rat

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King Rat is a 1965 war drama film set in a Japanese POW camp during World War II, noted for its exploration of survival and morality and featuring James Fox in a prominent role.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
adaptationOf World War II novel
author James Clavell NERFINISHED
basedOn King Rat (novel) NERFINISHED
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Burnett Guffey NERFINISHED
classification American black-and-white film
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Japanese-occupied Singapore POW camp
director Bryan Forbes NERFINISHED
distributedBy Columbia Pictures
era 1960s American cinema
filmingLocation California, United States
surface form: California
genre drama film
war film
hasCharacter Corporal King NERFINISHED
Marrow NERFINISHED
musicBy John Barry NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus life in a POW camp
prisoners' social hierarchy
originalLanguage English
portrayedBy George Segal NERFINISHED
James Fox NERFINISHED
producedBy Bryan Forbes NERFINISHED
William Dozier NERFINISHED
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
releaseDate 1965-10-27
releaseYear 1965
runtimeMinutes 134
screenplayBasedOn James Clavell's experiences as POW
screenwriter Bryan Forbes NERFINISHED
settingLocation Japanese prisoner-of-war camp
settingPeriod World War II NERFINISHED
stars Denholm Elliott NERFINISHED
George Segal NERFINISHED
James Donald NERFINISHED
James Fox NERFINISHED
Patrick O'Neal NERFINISHED
Todd Armstrong NERFINISHED
theme morality
survival
title King Rat NERFINISHED

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James Fox notableWork King Rat
George Segal notableWork King Rat
Burnett Guffey notableWork King Rat
Burnett Guffey workedOn King Rat
Denholm Elliott notableWork King Rat
Thomas notableWork King Rat
subject surface form: Tom Courtenay