Top billed cast

1. 

   Claudette Colbert

   Agnes Newton Keith

2. 

   Patric Knowles

   Harry Keith

3. 

   Florence Desmond

   Betty Sommers

4. 

   Sessue Hayakawa

   Colonel Michio Suga

5. 

   Sylvia Andrew

   Henrietta

6. 

   Mark Keuning

   George Keith

7. 

   Phyllis Morris

   Sister Rose

8. 

   Howard Chuman

   Lieutenant Nekata

9. 

   Patrick Whyte

   Englishman

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-17

If anyone ever watched the acclaimed BBC series of the 1980s "Tenko", then they might well appreciate the hardships that women had to endure at the hands (or the canes) of their Japanese occupiers. That oppression is well illustrated in this dark drama from Jean Negulesco. Claudette Colbert ("Mrs. Keith") is an American writer, married to a British colonial official when they are invaded. She is separated from husband "Harry" (Patric Knowles) and is soon, together with her young son "George" (Mark Keuning) interned in the most basic of camps with the other women of her community. Sessue Hayaka...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• world war ii
• prisoner of war
• based on true story
• borneo
• japanese occupation
• war effort
• internment camp
• woman in peril
• prisoner of war camp