When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a wheeler-dealer who has managed to establish a pretty good life for himself in the camp. King soon forms a friendship with an upper-class British officer who is fascinated with King's enthusiastic approach to life.
George Segal Corporal King
James Fox Peter Marlowe
Tom Courtenay Grey
Patrick O'Neal Max
James Donald Dr. Kennedy
John Mills Smedley-Taylor
Denholm Elliott Larkin
Leonard Rossiter McCoy
Joe Turkel Dino
Todd Armstrong Tex
Gerald Sim Jones
Richard Dawson Weaver
John Standing Daven
John Ronane Hawkins
Alan Webb Brant
Geoffrey Bayldon Vexley
Wright King Brough
Hamilton Dyce Padre
Michael Lees Stevens
John Merivale Foster
Arthur Malet Blakeley
Michael Stroka Miller
Dale Ishimoto Yoshima
William Fawcett Steinmetz
Teru Shimada Japanese General
David Frankham Cox
John Warburton Commandant
Reg Lye Tinker Bell
John Orchard Gurble
Hedley Mattingly Dr Prudhomme
John Barclay Spence
Louis Neervort Torusumi
Edward Ashley Prouty
Anthony Faramus Prisoner
David Haviland Masters
Laurence Conroy Townsend
Roy Duane Peterson
John Levingston Myner
Sam Reese Kurt
Bryan Forbes Radio (Voice)
Brian Gaffikin Prisoner in Hut
Mathew McCue Prisoner
George Pelling Major Barry
Mickey Simpson First Sergeant Camp Liberator
Dick Johnson Pop