Three Came Home (1950)
- Starring:
- Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jean Negulesco
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Three Came Home
Based on the autobiographical book by Agnes Newton Keith, Three Came Home stars Claudette Colbert as Mrs. Keith. Trapped in Borneo during the Japanese invasion, Mrs. Keith and her British husband (Patric Knowles) are penned up in a prison camp along with several other subjects. Despite the humanitarian views of camp commander Col. Suga (Sessue Hayakawa), Mrs. Keith is subject to torture, starvation, and humiliation at the hands of the guards, with Suga helpless to intervene lest he incur the wrath of his own superiors. Three Came Home contains several unforgettable moments, including a comic interlude between the male and female prisoners that ends abruptly with a barrage of Japanese bullets, and the heartwrenching scene wherein Suga learns that his family has been killed in a bombing raid. Since lapsing into the public domain in 1977, Three Came Home has popped up innumerable times on cable television. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 105 mins
Complete Cast of Three Came Home
- Claudette Colbert - Agnes Keith
- Sessue Hayakawa - Col. Suga
- Sylvia Andrew - Henrietta
- Howard Chuman - Lieutenant Nekata
- Mimi Heyworth - Woman prisoner
- John Burton - Elderly resident
- Leonard Willey - Governor General
- Douglas Walton - Australian POW
- Melinda Plowman - English girl
- Harry Martin - Australian POW
- James Logan - Australian POW
- John Mantley - Australian POW
- Campbell Copelin - English radio announcer
- Robin Hughes - Australian POW
- Alex Frazer - Dr. Bandy
- Patric Knowles - Harry Keith
- Florence Desmond - Betty Sommers
- Phyllis Morris - Sister Rose
- Drue Mallory - Women Prisoner
- Helen Westcott - Women Prisoner
- George Leigh - Australian Prisoner of War
- Patrick Whyte - Englishman
- Duncan Richardson - English boy
- Pat O'Moore - Australian POW
- Lee MacGregor - Sailor
- Li Sun - Wilfred
- Mark Kenning - George
- Leslie Denison - English Radio Announcer
- Virginia Kelly
- Clarke Gordon - Australian POW
- Director(s):
- Jean Negulesco
- Writer(s):
- Nunnally Johnson
- Producer(s):
- Nunnally Johnson
- Categories:
- War
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