01 Oct 2013
Gift
John despises his father for being a failure in life. When John returns home to facilitate his father's funeral, his life comes to a turning point, as he discovers the true motivation of his misjudged father.
King Rat
They Made the Toughest Among Them... King!
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.
Top Billed Cast
George Segal Corporal King
James Fox Peter Marlowe
Tom Courtenay Grey
Patrick O'Neal Max
James Donald Dr. Kennedy
John Mills Smedley-Taylor
Denholm Elliott Larkin
Leonard Rossiter McCoy
Joe Turkel Dino
Todd Armstrong Tex
Gerald Sim Jones
Richard Dawson Weaver
John Standing Daven
John Ronane Hawkins
Alan Webb Brant
Geoffrey Bayldon Vexley
Wright King Brough
Hamilton Dyce Padre
Michael Lees Stevens
John Merivale Foster
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