Overview
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.
Cast
- Alan David Lee as Stan Davidson
- Tracy Mann as Sally Murphy
- Dennis Miller as Mick Murphy
- Paul Smith as Bob Davidson