Prisoner of War (film)

Prisoner of War

1954 Theatrical Poster
Directed by Andrew Marton
Produced by Henry Berman
Written by Allen Rivkin
Starring Ronald Reagan
Steve Forrest
Dewey Martin
Oskar Homolka
Edited by James Newcom
Production
company
Distributed by Loews, Inc.
Release dates
  • May 4, 1954 (1954-05-04)
Running time
 81 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $569,000[1]
Box office $1,077,000[1]

Prisoner of War is a 1954 American war drama film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Ronald Reagan, Steve Forrest, Dewey Martin and Oskar Homolka.

Premise

An American officer volunteers to be captured in order to investigate claims of abuse against American POWs in North Korean camps during the Korean War.

Cast

Production notes

The working titles of this film were The P.O.W. Story and The Prisoner of War Story. Production Dates: 12 Dec 1953–2 Jan 1954

Capt. Robert H. Wise, who lost 90 lbs in a North Korean POW camp, served as the film's technical advisor and said that the torture scenes in the movie were based on actual incidents.

Release of the film created a minor controversy. The U.S. Army had assisted production and made edits in the script, but approval was abruptly reversed on the eve of release. The depiction of mistreatment of prisoners complicated the courts martial of POW collaborators that were proceeding at the time.[2]

Reception

According to MGM records the film made $785,000 in the US and Canada and $292,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $111,000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ↑ Young, Charles (2014). Name, Rank, and Serial Number: Exploiting Korean War POWs at Home and Abroad. New York: Oxford. pp. 163–66. ISBN 0195183487.


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