The Cowra Breakout
In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.
Top Billed Cast
Alan David Lee
Stan Davidson
Featured Crew
George Miller
Producer
Chris Noonan
Director
Phillip Noyce
Director