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Prison Ship (1945 film)

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Prison Ship
Directed byArthur Dreifuss
Written byBen Markson
Josef Mischel
Produced byAlexis Thurn-Taxis
StarringNina Foch
Robert Lowery
Richard Loo
CinematographyPhilip Tannura
Edited byAaron Stell
Music byMischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 15, 1945 (1945-11-15)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Prison Ship is a 1945 American war drama film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Nina Foch, Robert Lowery and Richard Loo.[1][2] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Set during Pacific Campaign during World War II it was released several months after VJ Day ended the conflict.

Plot

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A Japanese tanker carrying Allied prisoners from a Pacific island to Japan is used as a decoy to draw the attention of American submarines and lure them to their destruction. The captives launch a failed attempt to takeover the ship and in retaliation the captain orders the shooting of woman and children. Anne Graham, a British journalist, and Tom Jeffries manage to make contact with a nearby American submarine which attacks the ship and rescues the surviving passengers.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Shull p.428
  2. ^ Fetrow p.385

Bibliography

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  • Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940–1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
  • Shull, Michael S. . Hollywood War Films, 1937–1945: An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II. McFarland, 2006.
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