Prisoner of Japan

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Prisoner of Japan
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Directed by Arthur Ripley
Screenplay byRobert Chapin
Arthur Ripley
Story by Edgar G. Ulmer
Produced bySeymour Nebenzal
Starring Alan Baxter
Gertrude Michael
Ernst Deutsch
Corinna Mura
Tom Seidel
Billy Moya
Cinematography Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by Holbrook N. Todd
Music by Leo Erdody
Production
companies
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporationn
Release date
  • July 22, 1942 (1942-07-22)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Prisoner of Japan is a 1942 American drama film directed by Arthur Ripley and written by Robert Chapin and Arthur Ripley. The film stars Alan Baxter, Gertrude Michael, Ernst Deutsch, Corinna Mura, Tom Seidel and Billy Moya. The film was released on July 22, 1942, by Producers Releasing Corporation. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

On a small tropical island in the South Pacific, David Bowman, a young American planter, finds himself pitted against a ruthless Japanese agent, Matsuru. Through Toni Chase, an American girl who runs a dance resort on the island, he learns that Matsuru has established a powerful and hidden short-wave radio station near his home. American ships have been attacked in that part of the Pacific with deadly effect.

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References

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