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Four years after directing this powerful and humane film about life in a p.o.w. camp, Negulesco directed Three Coins in the Fountain, which proves his talent and virtuosity. Colbert is quite superb as the writer Keith who in 1941 tried to escape from Borneo, only to end up with her family interned and ill-treated in a Japanese camp. Based on her autobiography the film presents an unblinking portrait of the deprivations endured and the conduct of the 'jailers' and their rigid commander (Hayakawa).

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Based on her autobiography the film presents an unblinking portrait of the deprivations endured and the conduct of the 'jailers' and their rigid commander (Hayakawa).

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Credits

Actor
Sessue Hayakawa
Sylvia Andrew
Patric Knowles
Claudette Colbert
Florence Desmond
Mark Keuning
Director
Jean Negulesco
Producer
Nunnally Johnson
Photographer
Milton R Krasner
William H Daniels
Writer
Nunnally Johnson