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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.

Date: 04/16/1985
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Alan David Lee, Tracy Mann, Dennis Miller, Paul Smith

Alan David Lee as Stan Davidson in The Cowra Breakout Alan David Lee

Tracy Mann as Sally Murphy in The Cowra Breakout Tracy Mann

Dennis Miller as Mick Murphy in The Cowra Breakout Dennis Miller

Paul Smith as Bob Davidson in The Cowra Breakout Paul Smith