Prisoner of War (film)
Encyclopedia
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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Capt. Robert H. Wise, who lost 90 lbs in a North Korean POW camp, served as the film's technical advisor and attested that all the torture scenes in the movie were based on actual incidents.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
war
War film
War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Andrew Marton
Andrew Marton
Andrew Marton was a Hungarian-American director, producer and editor...
and starring Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
, Steve Forrest, Dewey Martin
Dewey Martin (actor)
-Career:Martin was born December 8, 1923 in Katemcy, Texas. His film debut was an uncredited part in Knock on Any Door . He also appeared in The Thing from Another World , co-starred with Kirk Douglas in The Big Sky , played younger brother of Humphrey Bogart in The Desperate Hours , and was...
and Oskar Homolka.
Synopsis
An American officer volunteers to be captured in order to investigate claims of abuse against American POWs in North Korean camps during the Korean WarKorean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
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Cast
- Ronald ReaganRonald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
as Webb Sloane - Steve Forrest as Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton
- Dewey Martin as Jesse Treadman
- Oskar Homolka as Col. Nikita I. Biroshilov (as Oscar Homolka)
- Robert HortonRobert Horton (actor)Robert Horton is an American television actor, who was most noted for the role of the frontier scout Flint McCullough in the NBC Western television series, Wagon Train...
as Francis Aloysius Belney - Paul StewartPaul Stewart (actor)Paul Stewart was an American character actor known for his tough, guttural voice. He frequently portrayed villains and mobsters throughout his lengthy career....
as Capt. Jack Hodges - Harry MorganHarry MorganHarry Morgan is an American actor. Morgan is well-known for his roles as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H , Pete Porter on both Pete and Gladys and December Bride , Detective Bill Gannon on Dragnet , and Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey...
as Maj. O.D. Hale - Stephen Bekassy as Lt. Georgi M. Robovnik
- Leonard StrongLeonard Strong (actor)Leonard Clarence Strong Leonard Clarence Strong Leonard Clarence Strong (b. 12 August 1908, Utah - d. 23 January 1980, Glendale, California was a prolific American character actor specialising in playing Asian roles....
as Col. Kim Doo Yi - Darryl HickmanDarryl HickmanDarryl Gerard Hickman is an American film and television actor, former television executive, and child star of the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:...
as Merton Tollivar - Weaver Levy as Red guard
- Rollin Moriyama as Capt. Lang Hyun Choi
- Ike JonesIke JonesIke Jones is a producer and actor who is perhaps best known as the former husband of actress Inger Stevens...
as Benjamin Julesberg - Clarence Lung as MVD officer
- Jerry ParisJerry ParisJerry Paris was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie, on The Dick Van Dyke Show.-Life and career:...
as Axel Horstrom - John LuptonJohn LuptonJohn Rollin Lupton was an American film and television actor.Upon graduation from New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lupton secured immediate stage work. Then he was signed as a contract player at MGM in Hollywood...
as Lt. Peter Reilly - Ralph Ahn as Red guard
Production notes
The working titles of this film were The P.O.W. Story and The Prisoner of War Story. Production Dates: 12 Dec 1953--2 Jan 1954Capt. Robert H. Wise, who lost 90 lbs in a North Korean POW camp, served as the film's technical advisor and attested that all the torture scenes in the movie were based on actual incidents.