Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Cast
Ciarán McMenamin
Capt. Ernest Gordon
Robert Carlyle
Major Ian Campbell
Kiefer Sutherland
Lt. Jim 'Yanker' Reardon
Mark Strong
Dusty Miller
Yugo Saso
Takashi Nagase
Sakae Kimura
Sgt. Ito
James Cosmo
Col. Stuart McLean
Masayuki Yui
Captain Noguchi
John Gregg
Camp Doctor Coates
Shû Nakajima
Nagatomo
Pip Torrens
Lt. Foxworth
James McCarthy
Norman
Brendan Cowell
Pte. Wallace Hamilton
Adam Sinclair
Jocko
Winton Nicholson
Duncan
Greg Ellis
Sgt. Roger Primrose
Robert Jobe
Lars
Jonathan Chapman
Server, Captain Paratrooper
Duff Armour
Jan
Jeremy Pippin
Young Dutch Soldier
Christopher Gyre
Cockney
Sergio Jones
Irishman
Kelli Walchek
Scottish Mother
Richard Joseph Lafond Jr.
American Soldier
Ben Huddleston
Young Scot
Daryl Bonilla
POW
Clyde Yamashita
Japanese NCO
Joji Yoshida
Guard #1
Koji Haga
Guard #2
Ernest Gordon
Self (uncredited)
Masa Kanome
Soldier (uncredited)
Nick Meaney
(uncredited)
Takashi Nagase
Self (uncredited)
Teddy Sears
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Crew
David L. Cunningham
Director, Producer
Brian Godawa
Screenplay
Ernest Gordon
Novel
Tim Silano
Editor
Greg Gardiner
Director of Photography
Sybil Danning
Executive Producer
Scott Walchek
Executive Producer
John Quested
Executive Producer
Greg Newman
Executive Producer
Jack Hafer
Producer
Edwin L. Marshall
Producer
Page Ostrow
Producer
Penelope L. Foster
Producer
Enock N. Freire
Producer
Nava Levin
Line Producer, Unit Production Manager
Daniel Loren May
Production Design, Set Decoration
Paul Sylbert
Production Design
Patrick Lumb
Production Design, Art Direction
John McEveety
Second Assistant Camera
Allison Cowitt
Casting
Mike Fenton
Casting
Celestia Fox
Casting
Tami Mor
Costume Design
Rina Ramon
Costume Design
Susan Kelber
Hairstylist
Ania Harasimiak
Makeup Department Head
Emily Katz
Key Makeup Artist
Christopher Burdett
Makeup Artist
Joanne Ryan
Makeup Artist
Stella Tzanidakis
Makeup Artist
Cheryl Markowitz
Makeup Artist
Kea Katz
Makeup Artist
Erin Lyons
Makeup Artist
Trevor Jones
Original Music Composer
John Cameron
Original Music Composer
Maire Brennan
Original Music Composer
Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Makeup Effects
