Watch The Bamboo Prison (1954) Online

The Bamboo Prison (1954)iMDB Rating: 6.2
Date Released : 1 December 1954
Genre : Drama, War
Stars : Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, Jerome Courtland. What looks like a classic prison camp movie is in reality a espionage-thriller. American prisoners delivered to a Korean POW camp encounter the cruelty of the communist guards..." />
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

What looks like a classic prison camp movie is in reality a espionage-thriller. American prisoners delivered to a Korean POW camp encounter the cruelty of the communist guards... See full synopsis »

Watch The Bamboo Prison Trailer :

Review :

Above Average Korean War Flick

The Korean war is known at the "forgotten war" for good reason: People wanted to forget it ever happened. It wasn't popular and it had a less than satisfactory conclusion. As a result, there was not many films on the subject. On the 60th anniversary of the Korean war, TCM showed nearly 24 hours of films on the subject, and this was one of them.

"The Bamboo Prison" is a reasonable attempt to portray the horrors of PoW life for United Nations soldiers in a Chinese prison. Starring Robert Francis as a PoW turned collaborator on a secret mission, this film is filled with all the usual trappings of the anti communist hysteria. The cast is pretty well rounded out with Brian Keith as a fellow PoW, E.G. Marshall as a counterfeit priest, Murray Matheson as the Russian adviser, Diane Foster as his ballerina/communist traitor wife, and Richard Loo as the camp commandant. A young Aaron Spelling plays an uncredited role.

This film makes good fodder for the war film buff or the political historian, but not to be considered a cinematic masterpiece. Surely not a "Stalag 17" or "King Rat".