Directed by Arthur Dreifuss
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sony Movie Channel)
A group of international POWs are put aboard a freighter by their Japanese captors. They leave the ship brightly lit in the hopes it will be sunk by an American submarine, neatly disposing of the prisoners. Realizing this, the prisoners try a variety of escapes, eventually succeeding. There is a an execution scene, including a small girl, and torture, both of which are rather graphic for 1945, but it guess it was the war years. That might also explain the blatant Japanese stereotyping and American propaganda. However, the short running time and lack of characterization are what really sink it.
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