Prison Ship (1945 film)

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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
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.

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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 rescue the surviving passengers.

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

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