The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
De film speelt zich af in een Japans krijgsgevangenenkamp tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog en concentreert zich op de wreedheid en gruwel waaraan de geallieerde gevangenen werden blootgesteld toen de Japanners onderwerping en bestraffing toedienden aan een in ongenade gevallen en verslagen vijand. Dit aangrijpende drama concentreert zich op de afwijkingen van juridische en morele definities wanneer twee tegengestelde culturen met elkaar botsen. Hoewel fictief, was dit een van de eerste films die op realistische wijze handelde over leven en dood in een Japans krijgsgevangenenkamp tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Regiseur:
Val Guest
Schrijver:
Val Guest
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André Morell as Col. Lambert |
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Carl Möhner as Piet Van Elst |
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Walter Fitzgerald as Cyril Beattie |
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Edward Underdown as Major Dawes |
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Phil Brown as Lt. Peter Bellamy |
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Barbara Shelley as Kate Keiller |
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Michael Goodliffe as Father Paul Anjou |
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Michael Gwynn as Tom Shields |
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Ronald Radd as Commander Yamaitsu |
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Marne Maitland as Captain Sakamura |
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Richard Wordsworth as Dr. Robert Keiller |
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Mary Merrall as Mrs. Helen Beattie |
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Edwin Richfield as Sergeant-Major |
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Wolfe Morris as Interpreter |
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Michael Ripper as Japanese driver |
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Lee Montague as Japanese Soldier |
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Barry Lowe as Cpl. Betts |
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Max Butterfield as Cpl. Hallam |
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Liliane Sottane as Mala |
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Peter Forbes-Robertson as Lt. Thornton (as Peter Wayn) |
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Michael Brill as Davis |
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Jack McNaughton as 1st Prisoner |
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Jan Holden as Nurse |
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Betty Cooper as Woman Prisoner |
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Anne Ridler as Woman Prisoner |
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Barbara Yu Ling as Woman Prisoner |
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Grace Denbigh Russell as Woman Prisoner |
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Jacqueline Curtis as Sick Prisoner |
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Geoffrey Bayldon as New Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Anthony Chinn as Japanese Sentry (uncredited) |
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Milton Reid as Japanese Executioner (uncredited) |
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Vincent Wong as Japanese Driver (uncredited) |
| Directing | Val Guest | Director |
| Writing | Jon Manchip White | Story |
| Writing | Val Guest | Screenplay |
| Sound | Gerard Schurmann | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Michael Carreras | Executive Producer |
| Production | Anthony Nelson Keys | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Jock May | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Ken Cameron | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Molly Arbuthnot | Costume Design |
| Production | Anthony Hinds | Producer |
| Camera | Jack Asher | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Bill Lenny | Editor |
| Art | John Stoll | Art Direction |
| Camera | Len Harris | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Tom Money | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henry Montsash | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Smith | Makeup Artist |
