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King Rat
1965 · Film · 134 min
Directed by Bryan Forbes
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a wheeler-dealer who has managed to establish a pretty good life for himself in the camp. King soon forms a friendship with an upper-class British officer who is fascinated with King's enthusiastic approach to life.
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King Rat is fiction, but James Clavell was in Changi, he's a good author in his own right and a good intro book to his work.
His take on POW economies is worth a look. Also the class systems and how it fits in.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Rat_(Clavell_novel)
The movie is ok too.
I read both in the 70s, in the Navy. They're both fascinating. You get to do a lot of reading on a deployed ship.
King Rat was a pretty good movie too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Rat_%28film%29