Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
as Capt. Ernest Gordon
as Major Ian Campbell
as Lt. Jim 'Yanker' Reardon
as Dusty Miller
as Takashi Nagase
as Sgt. Ito
as Col. Stuart McLean
as Captain Noguchi
as Camp Doctor Coates
as Nagatomo
as Lt. Foxworth
as Norman
as Pte. Wallace Hamilton
as Jocko
as Duncan
as Sgt. Roger Primrose
as Lars
as Server
as Jan
as Young Dutch Soldier
as Cockney
as Irishman
as Scottish Mother
as Captain Paratrooper
as American Soldier
as Young Scot
as POW
as Japanese NCO
as Guard #1
as Guard #2
as Self (uncredited)
as Soldier (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)
as Paratrooper (uncredited)
