"This is not just a story - it is based on brutal truth"15 April 1958Drama, Thriller, War81 mins
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.
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World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
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A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang.
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
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The Camp on Blood Island (1958) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
The original trailer in high definition directed by Val Guest and starring André Morell Carl Möhner Walter Fitzgerald Edward Underdown and Phil Brown.
Brian Trenchard-Smith covers THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND
When Hammer Studios plumbed the real world for material the results could be very grim indeed – THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND is no exception. Val Guest's ...
The Camp on Blood Island (1958) Review (2#8)
A forgotten war film from a horror studio never escapes me.
Gerard Schurmann: music from The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
Gerard Schurmann: music excerpts from The Camp on Blood Island (1958). Conducted by John Hollingsworth.
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