Rating: NR
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 05/06/2003
SubTitles: English/Japanese
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD
Run Time: 134 Minutes
Flags: Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar

James Clavell incorporated a few of his own experiences as a British POW in his novel King Rat. Bryan Forbes' film version stars George Segal as the mastermind of all black market operations in a Japanese prison camp. He is called "King Rat" because of his breeding of rodents to serve as food for his emaciated fellow prisoners; the nickname also alludes to Segal's shifty personality. British officer James Fox helps Segal expand his operation to include trading with the Japanese officers. Though on surface level a thoroughly selfish sort, Segal saves the ailing Fox's life by wangling precious antibiotics from the guards.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
George Segal - Corporal King
Tom Courtenay - Lieutenant Grey
James Fox - Peter Marlowe
Patrick O'Neal - Max
Denholm Elliott - Lieutenant Colonel Larkin
James Donald - Dr. Kennedy
John Mills - Col. Smedley-Taylor
Todd Armstrong - Tex
Leonard Rossiter - Major McCoy
John Standing - Capt. Daven
Alan Webb - Col. Brant
John Ronane - Capt. Hawkins
Hamilton Dyce - Chaplain Drinkwater
Joe Turkel - Dino
Geoffrey Bayldon - Squadron Leader Vexley
George Pelling - Maj. Barry
Dale Ishimoto - Yoshima

Production:
Bryan Forbes - Director
James Woolf - Producer
John Barry - Composer
Walter Thompson - Editor
Bryan Forbes - Screen Writer
Frank A. Tuttle - Set Designer
James Clavell - Book Author
Burnett Guffey - Cinematographer
Ed Ware - Costume Designer
Ben Lane - Makeup
Joseph di Bella - Makeup
John Barry - Musical Direction/Supervision
Robert Emmet Smith - Production Designer
John Burke - Special Effects

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