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Three Came Home

The true story of one woman's personal experience!

6.7(27)19501h 46m2

Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and imprisoned with her son in a prison camp run by the enigmatic Colonel Suga.

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Released
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Language
Japanese
  • world war ii
  • prisoner of war
  • based on true story
  • borneo
  • japanese occupation
  • war effort
  • internment camp
  • woman in peril
  • prisoner of war camp

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR20 Feb 1950
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical13 Nov 1950
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1223 Feb 1951

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Three Came Home was released on 20 February 1950.

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    CinemaSerf

    4/17/2022

    7/10

    If anyone ever watched the acclaimed BBC series of the 1980s "Tenko", then they might well appreciate the hardships that women had to endure at the hands (or the canes) of their Japanese occupiers. That oppression is well illustrated in this dark drama from Jean Negulesco. Claudette Colbert ("Mrs. Keith") is an American writer, married to a British colonial official when they are invaded. She is separated from husban…

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