Three Came Home (1950)
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59% of users liked it
(836 ratings)
Based on the autobiographical book by Agnes Newton Keith, Three Came Home stars Claudette Colbert as Mrs. Keith. Trapped in Borneo during the Japanese invasion, Mrs. Keith and her British husband (Patric Knowles) are penned up in a prison camp along with several other subjects. Despite the… More Based on the autobiographical book by Agnes Newton Keith, Three Came Home stars Claudette Colbert as Mrs. Keith. Trapped in Borneo during the Japanese invasion, Mrs. Keith and her British husband (Patric Knowles) are penned up in a prison camp along with several other subjects. Despite the humanitarian views of camp commander Col. Suga (Sessue Hayakawa), Mrs. Keith is subject to torture, starvation, and humiliation at the hands of the guards, with Suga helpless to intervene lest he incur the wrath of his own superiors. Three Came Home contains several unforgettable moments, including a comic interlude between the male and female prisoners that ends abruptly with a barrage of Japanese bullets, and the heartwrenching scene wherein Suga learns that his family has been killed in a bombing raid. Since lapsing into the public domain in 1977, Three Came Home has popped up innumerable times on cable television. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jean Negulesco
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 20, 1950 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Claudette Colbert gives an extremely powerful performance in this well-directed WWII prison drama, based on the memoirs of American writer Agnes Newton Keith.
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Christopher Lloyd, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The depiction of Japanese soldiers is often harsh, but somewhat nuanced considering the era. At least there are none wearing Coke-bottle glasses and speaking English in a racist patter.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Harrowing war tale.
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Cast
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Claudette Colbert
as Agnes Keith
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Patric Knowles
as Harry Keith
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Sessue Hayakawa
as Col. Suga
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Florence Desmond
as Betty Sommers
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Sylvia Andrew
as Henrietta
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Phyllis Morris
as Sister Rose
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Howard Chuman
as Lieutenant Nekata
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Drue Mallory
as Women Prisoner
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Mimi Heyworth
as Woman prisoner
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Helen Westcott
as Women Prisoner
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John Burton
as Elderly resident
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Campbell Copelin
as English radio announcer
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Leslie Denison
as English Radio Announcer
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Alex Frazer
as Dr. Bandy
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Clarke Gordon
as Australian POW
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Robin Hughes
as Australian POW
- Virginia Kelly
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Mark Kenning
as George
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George Leigh
as Australian Prisoner of War
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James Logan
as Australian POW
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Lee MacGregor
as Sailor
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Harry Martin
as Australian POW
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Pat O'Moore
as Australian POW
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Melinda Plowman
as English girl
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Duncan Richardson
as English boy
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Douglas Walton
as Australian POW
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Patrick Whyte
as Englishman
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Leonard Willey
as Governor General
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John Mantley
as Australian POW
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Sun Li
as Wilfred
- Mark Keuning
- Sung Li
