Prison Ship | |
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Directed by | Arthur Dreifuss |
Written by | Ben Markson Josef Mischel |
Produced by | Alexis Thurn-Taxis |
Starring | Nina Foch Robert Lowery Richard Loo |
Cinematography | Philip Tannura |
Edited by | Aaron Stell |
Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
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 rescue the surviving passengers.