The Cowra Breakout

Name: The Cowra Breakout
Released: 1985-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Alan David Lee, Tracy Mann, Dennis Miller, Paul Smith

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.