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King Rat

Movie (1965)

"They made the toughest among them... King!"

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942 the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. This was a POW detention center like no other. There were no walls or barbed-wire fences for the simple reason that there was no place for the prisoners to escape to. Included among the prisoners is the American Cpl. King, a wheeler dealer who has managed ...

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Released:	Oct 27th, 1965
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George Segal
plays Corporal King: The American Hut

Tom Courtenay
plays Lt. Robin Grey: The Provost Staff

James Fox
plays Peter Marlowe: Hut 16

Patrick O'Neal
plays Top Sgt. Max: The American Hut

Denholm Elliott
plays Lt. G.D. Larkin: Hut 16

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In Interviews Bryan Forbes has said he had to fight the Screen Actors Guild over the most of the 15 British Equity members he wanted to cast. The Screen Actors Guild wanted British SAG members most who were fairly elderly most not suitable for the film.
SPOILER: In the scene where King (George Segal) and his inner circle of fellow prisoners are cooking the dog, the actors (other than Segal) were not told what they were supposed to be eating in the scene. Their reactions are authentic and ad libbed.
Dirk Bogarde was offered the extended cameo of Smedley-Taylor.
Movie Goof (boom mic visible): After Maj. McCoy and the others have been arrested for possessing a radio, and Col. Smedley-Taylor is waiting outside for news, the shadow of the boom mic being lowered is cast over the actors in the background.

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