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The Cowra Breakout

45% | Jul 01, 1984 | War, Drama, Action, TV Movie

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.

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George Miller
Producer
Chris Noonan
Director

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Alan David Lee
Stan Davidson

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