Prisoner of War (film)
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Genre War film Language English | 5/10 Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 4, 1954 (1954-05-04) Cast (Webb Sloane), (Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton), (Jesse Treadman), (Francis Aloysius Belney), (Capt. Jack Hodges) Similar movies Independence Day , Rambo: First Blood Part II , Seven Years in Tibet , Jamon Jamon , Hart's War , Von Ryan's Express Tagline THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT LIFE IN THE P.O.W. CAMPS! (original print ad - all caps) |
Prisoner of War is a 1954 American war–drama film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Ronald Reagan, Steve Forrest, Dewey Martin and Oskar Homolka.
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Premise
An American officer volunteers to be captured in order to investigate claims of abuse against American POWs in North Korean camps during the Korean War.
Cast
Reception
According to MGM records the film made $785,000 in the US and Canada and $292,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $111,000.
Historical accuracy
Author Robert J. Lentz of the book Korean War Filmography: 91 English Language Features through 2000 states that the film was "undeniably overstated".
References
Prisoner of War (film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
Prisoner of War (film) IMDb Prisoner of War (film) themoviedb.org
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