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The Cowra Breakout

Original title: The Cowra Breakout

Year

1985

Rating

★ 7.0/10

Runtime

120 min

Seasons

1

In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.

Cast: Alan David Lee, Tracy Mann, Dennis Miller, Paul Smith