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The Camp on Blood Island

The Camp on Blood Island

1958Movie⏱️ 1h 21mApproved
ActionDramaHistoryWar
6.6
IMDB Rating
841 votes

Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. Knowing that Yamamitsu, the sadistic commandant, will murder...

Director
Val Guest
Writers
Jon Manchip White, Val Guest
Stars
André Morell, Carl Möhner, Walter Fitzgerald
Release Date
June 11, 1958
Language
English, Japanese
Country
United Kingdom
💬 15
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

André Morell
André Morell
as Lambert
Carl Möhner
Carl Möhner
as 'Dutch'
Walter Fitzgerald
Walter Fitzgerald
as Beattie
Edward Underdown
Edward Underdown
as Dawes
Phil Brown
Phil Brown
as Bellamy
Barbara Shelley
Barbara Shelley
as Kate
Michael Goodliffe
Michael Goodliffe
as Anjou
Michael Gwynn
Michael Gwynn
as Shields
Ronald Radd
Ronald Radd
as Yamamitsu
Marne Maitland
Marne Maitland
as Sakamura

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Callow Hill Sandpit, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, UK
Production
Hammer Films

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

ActionDramaHistoryWar

⭐ Featured Review

Just an OK P.O.W. flick
by gordonl562006-12-25

"While not as good as the one poster comments, it is by no means as bad as the other reviewer says. Yes, there is some shoddy make-up of the Japanese guards, but if you can ignore that you will find the story itself is good enough to carry the film. A group of Allied p.o.w.s are in a camp controlled by a less than friendly commander. He shoots prisoners for sport and works the rest to death in a local mine. He has also let it be known that if Japan loses the war he will kill all the prisoners. The p.o.w.s find out the war has ended and stage a revolt with homemade weapons and some grenades they..."

💡 Did You Know?

The novelization of the screenplay was a spectacular success, selling up to two million copies.

📖 Synopsis

Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. Knowing that Yamamitsu, the sadistic commandant, will murder...