King Rat (film)

King Rat
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bryan Forbes
Screenplay by	Bryan Forbes
Based on	King Rat 1962 novel by James Clavell
Produced by	James Woolf
Starring	George Segal Tom Courtenay James Fox Denholm Elliott Todd Armstrong Patrick O'Neal James Donald John Mills
Cinematography	Burnett Guffey
Edited by	Walter Thompson
Music by	John Barry
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 27, 1965 (1965-10-27) (New York City)
Running time	134 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

King Rat is a 1965 American war film written and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring George Segal and James Fox. They play Corporal King and Flight Lieutenant Marlowe, respectively, two World War II prisoners of war in a squalid camp in Singapore. Among the supporting cast are John Mills and Tom Courtenay. The film was adapted from James Clavell's novel King Rat (1962), which in turn is partly based on Clavell's experiences as a POW at Changi Prison in Singapore in the latter part of the Second World War.