The read
It runs a compact 1h 3m.
Synopsis
Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. Escaping from the hospital he tries to clear himself by enlisting the aid of Martha Gregory, widow of a service buddy he was accused of informing on. Helped also by Ted Niles, a surviving fellow prisoner, he gets closer to finding the answers he needs, and becomes ensnared in a grandiose scheme involving his Japanese ex-prison guard, $10,000,000 of US currency forged by the Japanese and a burgeoning crime network poised to wreak havoc throughout southern California.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
21 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard FleischerDirector
- Carl ForemanScreenplay
- Paul SawtellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bill WilliamsJim Fletcher
- Barbara HaleMartha Gregory
- Richard QuineTed Niles
- Richard LooKen Tokoyama
- Frank FentonPrentice
- Frank WilcoxNavy Hospital Doctor
- Marya MarcoHelen Minoto
- Robert BrayGunsel Blake
- Martha HyerMiss Harwick
- Harold LandonBlind Veteran
- James CravenJohn Wheeler
- Grandon RhodesNaval Intelligence Agent Clark
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Themes
amnesiacomawar veteranfilm noirpost world war iicourt martialcounterfeit moneywaking from comaforgerpow survivorwar veteran with amnesiajapanese pow camp