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Release Date:
October 27, 1965
Original Title:
King Rat
Alternate Titles:
Король Крыса
Genres:
Drama | War
Production Companies:
Coleytown
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG IE: 15 JP: R18+
Runtime: 134
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a wheeler-dealer who has managed to establish a pretty good life for himself in the camp. King soon forms a friendship with an upper-class British officer who is fascinated with King's enthusiastic approach to life.
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Art Direction:
Robert Emmet Smith
Assistant Camera:
James Saper
Assistant Director:
C.M. Florance
Russell Saunders
Robert Templeton
Associate Producer:
Marvin Miller
Boom Operator:
Doug Grant
Camera Operator:
Andrew J. McIntyre
Conductor:
John Barry
Construction Coordinator:
Ed Shanley
Costumer:
Ed Ware
Director:
Bryan Forbes
Director of Photography:
Burnett Guffey
Editor:
Walter Thompson
Gaffer:
Seldon White
Makeup Artist:
Joe DiBella
Makeup Supervisor:
Ben Lane
Mechanical Designer:
Gerald Endler
Novel:
James Clavell
Original Music Composer:
John Barry
Producer:
James Woolf
Production Design:
Robert Emmet Smith
Property Master:
William V. Kantor
Props:
Clarence Peet
Screenplay:
Bryan Forbes
Set Decoration:
Frank Tuttle
Sound:
John Cox
James Z. Flaster
Sound Editor:
Roy Baker
Sound Recordist:
Harold Lee
Sound Supervisor:
Charles J. Rice
Special Effects:
John Burke
Still Photographer:
Kenny Bell
Stunts:
George Orrison
Unit Manager:
Marvin Miller
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