The Bamboo Prison (1954)
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Genres - Drama, War |
Sub-Genres - Escape Film, War Drama |
Release Date - May 31, 1954 (USA - Unknown), Jun 15, 1954 (USA) |
Run Time - 79 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
American POWs struggle to escape from a North Korean camp. While this is basically a remake of Stalag 17, it does feature interesting scenes of a North Korean brainwashing.
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escape, war, accusation, America, atrocity, behind-enemy-lines, betrayal, brainwashing, camp, enemy, fugitive, informer, intelligence [gov't], interrogator, officer, outwit, POW/MIA, priest, prison, soldier, treason, war-atrocities