King Rat -1965

[ginscpy]

Great WW2 prison flick.

Just re-watched it.

Not as well known as Stalag 17, Bridge on the River Kwai, or the Great Escape.

But really good stuff.

 

[Mr. H.]

Yeah that's a good'n. B & W really added to the realism of movies back then.

 

[ginscpy]

Stalag 17 was in B&W.

Always liked King Rat.

George Segal had a big year in 1965 - with that and in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf.

Underrated actor.

 

[Trajan]

yes, the book it was based on by Clavell was excellent too.

poignant ending..."hate Gray, he gave you hate"...

 

[editec]

Stalag 17 was in B&W.

Always liked King Rat.

George Segal had a big year in 1965 - with that and in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf.

Underrated actor.

The man ruined his career by doing a lot of fluff movies post Wolf and Rat.

King RAT may have been his best ever proformance ever.

 

[ginscpy]

Stalag 17 was in B&W.

Always liked King Rat.

George Segal had a big year in 1965 - with that and in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf.

Underrated actor.

The man ruined his career by doing a lot of fluff movies post Wolf and Rat.

King RAT may have been his best ever proformance ever.

A scene in King Rat I dint get: towards the end the prisoners gaze up at a lone bomber - implying it was the A-Bomb plane.

But the camp was in Singapore.

 

[Trajan]

Stalag 17 was in B&W.

Always liked King Rat.

George Segal had a big year in 1965 - with that and in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf.

Underrated actor.

The man ruined his career by doing a lot of fluff movies post Wolf and Rat.

King RAT may have been his best ever proformance ever.

A scene in King Rat I dint get: towards the end the prisoners gaze up at a lone bomber - implying it was the A-Bomb plane.

But the camp was in Singapore.

hummm..I don't remember that...

 

[Sunni Man]

"Yes, well, thanks for licking the spoon."

(6 seconds from the King Rat movie)

 

[syrenn]

Stalag 17 was in B&W.

Always liked King Rat.

George Segal had a big year in 1965 - with that and in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf.

Underrated actor.

The man ruined his career by doing a lot of fluff movies post Wolf and Rat.

King RAT may have been his best ever proformance ever.

A scene in King Rat I dint get: towards the end the prisoners gaze up at a lone bomber - implying it was the A-Bomb plane.

But the camp was in Singapore.

It could also have stood for hope
I could also have been the signal "the beginning of the end"
In war time it would mean "hold on boys, we are coming"


And i loved the movie and book

 

[ginscpy]

James Fox was esp good in King Rat.