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Three Came Home

6.719501h 46mNRMovieWarDrama

Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and imprisoned with her son in a prison camp run by the enigmatic Colonel Suga.

DirectorJean Negulesco
WriterNunnally Johnson
ProducerNunnally Johnson

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Cast · Directed by Jean Negulesco

CCClaudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
Agnes Newton Keith
PKPatric Knowles
Patric Knowles
Harry Keith
FDFlorence Desmond
Florence Desmond
Betty Sommers
SHSessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
Colonel Michio Suga
SASylvia Andrew
Sylvia Andrew
Henrietta
MKMark Keuning
Mark Keuning
George Keith
PM
Phyllis Morris
Sister Rose
HC
Howard Chuman
Lieutenant Nekata
PW
Patrick Whyte
Englishman
JF
Jerry Fujikawa
Japanese Soldier
LMLee MacGregor
Lee MacGregor
Sailor
JB
John Burton
Elderly Resident (uncredited)

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Yes — Three Came Home is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).