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Original title

The Bamboo Prison

Year

1954

Running time

79 min.

Country

United States

Director

Lewis Seiler

Screenwriter

Edwin Blum, Jack DeWitt

Cast

Cinematography

Burnett Guffey (B&W)

Producer

Columbia Pictures

Genre

War. Drama | II World War. Spy Film

Synopsis

American prisoners delivered to a Korean POW camp encounter the cruelty of the communist guards, the treachery of a collaborator Master Sergeant (Robert Francis), and spies placed among them by the communists to observe and manipulate them. Among the new prisoners, is a intelligence operative (Brian Keith) sent to infiltrate the camp to gather proof of atrocities committed in the POW camps to be used to as leverage in the Pan Moon Jon piece talks. E.G. Marshall portrays a demur priest imprisoned by the communists who provides spiritual support and encouragement to the troops.

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The Bamboo Prison

1954

Lewis Seiler