Synopsis
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Cast
Ciarán McMenamin
Capt. Ernest Gordon
Robert Carlyle
Major Ian Campbell
Kiefer Sutherland
Lt. Jim 'Yanker' Reardon
Mark Strong
Dusty Miller
Yugo Saso
Takashi Nagase
Sakae Kimura
Sgt. Ito
James Cosmo
Col. Stuart McLean
Masayuki Yui
Captain Noguchi
John Gregg
Camp Doctor Coates
Shû Nakajima
Nagatomo
Pip Torrens
Lt. Foxworth
James McCarthy
Norman
Brendan Cowell
Pte. Wallace Hamilton
Adam Sinclair
Jocko
Winton Nicholson
Duncan
Greg Ellis
Sgt. Roger Primrose
Robert Jobe
Lars
Jonathan Chapman
Server
Duff Armour
Jan
Jeremy Pippin
Young Dutch Soldier
Christopher Gyre
Cockney
Sergio Jones
Irishman
Kelli Walchek
Scottish Mother
Jonathan Chapman
Captain Paratrooper
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