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Cast

George Segal
as Corporal King

Tom Courtenay
as Lt. Robin Grey

James Fox
as Peter Marlowe

Denholm Elliott
as Lt. G.D. Larkin

Patrick O'Neal
as Max

Todd Armstrong
as Tex

Sammy Reese
as Kurt

Michael Stroka
as Miller

William Fawcett
as Steinmetz

Dick Johnson
as Pop

Leonard Rossiter
as Maj. McCoy

John Standing
as Capt. Daven

Joe Turkel
as Dino

Hamilton Dyce
as Chaplain Drinkwater

Wright King
as Brough

John Ronane
as Capt. Hawkins

Geoffrey Bayldon
as Squadron Leader Vexley

John Levingston
as Myner

John Barclay
as Spence

David Frankham
as Cox

David Haviland
as Masters

Roy Dean
as Peterson

John Mills
as Col. Smedley-Taylor

Gerald Sim
as Col. Jones

Alan Webb
as Col. Brant

John Merivale
as Foster

John Warburton
as Commandant

James Donald
as Dr. Kennedy

Hedley Mattingly
as Dr. Prodhomme

Michael Scott Lees
as Stephens

Reg Lye
as Tinkerbell

John Orchard
as Pvt. Gurble

Laurence Conroy
as Townsend

Arthur Malet
as Blakely

Edward Ashley
as Prouty

Richard Dawson
as Weaver

Dale Ishimoto
as Yoshima

Teru Shimada
as Japanese General

Louis Neervort
as Torusumi

Brian Gaffikin
as Prisoner in hut

George Pelling
as Maj. Barry

Anthony Faramus
as Prisoner

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Critic Reviews for King Rat

Audience Reviews for King Rat

• Feb 20, 2013

  Good POW film that doesn't make you forget the Bridge on the River Kwai or any of the other prison films that William Holden pops up in but it nonetheless is interesting to see the story of a survivor and the choices that he makes with his fellow Brits and the Japanese that keep him locked up.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Jan 29, 2009

  The book had a lot more to say about issues of class. The movie plot is a minor aspect of the novel. Still, Segal really captures the main character, and this is the most unique of the S. Pacific POW Concentration camp movies.
  Pamela D Super Reviewer
• Jan 05, 2008

  i was impressed with king rat. forget escape. this is about survival. i've never really watched anything with george segal in before. either that or i haven't noticed him before. he makes me think of a 60's ray liotta. he was the star of the show. john mills did what was needed of him. even rigsby (leonard) from rising damp made a few appearances... one when you first see him being rather noteworthy of his career. he jumped around like a maniac. haha. much better than seance on a wet afternoon which forbes also directed
  Sanity Assassin ! Super Reviewer
• Sep 06, 2007

  This story of prisoners of war in a WWII japanese prison camp is based on true experiences, and is far more concerned with the harsh realities of surviving the terrible hardships of day to day life than derring do and cunning escape plans. George Segal plays a cynical hustler who seems far more adept at making the best of his predicament, and as such the other prisoners either ally themselves with or despise him. James Fox is excellent as the british officer who befriends him and humour and drama unfolds as the camps differing factions motives and hypocrisies are exposed. Best described as a cross between The Bridge On The River Kwai and Stalag 17, it is not quite their measure, but it's a damn good film in it's own right.
  xGary X Super Reviewer

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