King Rat (1965): Cast & Plot

In a Japanese POW camp, one inmate stands out: the crafty Corporal King, an American among the British and Australians who survives by scheming and running a shadowy black‑market network. He uses his wits to pull strings, and soon he ropes in the upper‑class RAF officer Peter Marlowe as a translator, drawing him closer as they get to know each other. As their uneasy alliance grows, King begins to value Marlowe not just for his language skills but for the leverage Marlowe represents in a camp where survival often hinges on knowing whom to trust. King’s calculation sharpens when he saves Marlowe’s hungry group from the brink of gangrene by obtaining costly medicines, keeping the sick man alive at his bedside.