King Rat (film)

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King Rat
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bryan Forbes
Produced by	James Woolf
Written by	Bryan Forbes James Clavell
Starring	George Segal Tom Courtenay James Fox Patrick O'Neal Denholm Elliott
Music by	John Barry
Cinematography	Burnett Guffey
Editing by	Walter Thompson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	October 27, 1965
Running time	134 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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King Rat is a 1965 film version of the James Clavell novel King Rat. The film was directed by Bryan Forbes and starred George Segal as Corporal King. Among the supporting cast were John Mills, Tom Courtenay, James Fox and Leonard Rossiter.

The movie follows life in a POW camp in World War II. Some of the (mainly British) star cast are listed below.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
George Segal	Corporal Colin Henderson
Tom Courtenay	Lieutenant Robin Grey (camp provost marshal)
James Fox	Peter Marlowe
Patrick O'Neal	Top Sergeant Max (King's flunky)
Denholm Elliott	Lieutenant G.D. Larkin
James Donald	Doctor Kennedy
Todd Armstrong	Tex
John Mills	Colonel George Smedley-Taylor
Gerald Sim	Lieutenant Colonel Jones (quartermaster)
Leonard Rossiter	Major McCoy
Wright King	Major Brough
John Standing	Captain Daven
Alan Webb	Colonel Brant
John Ronane	Captain Hawkins
Sammy Reese	Kurt
Michael Lees	Stevens

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Cinematography and Art Direction.

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George Segal's character is seen wearing the shoulder sleeve insignia of the U.S. Army's elite 34th Infantry Division, the feared Red Bulls. The 34ID fought the Germans during WWII, not the Japanese. It is highly unlikely that a member of the 34ID would have been transferred to the CBI or Pacific theater and seen action against the Japanese, and then get captured.