Three Came Home
Three Came Home is a 1950 American World War II film directed by Jean Negulesco, based on the memoirs of the same name by writer Agnes Newton Keith. It depicts Keith's life in North Borneo in the period immediately before the Japanese invasion in 1942, and her subsequent internment and suffering, separated from her husband Harry, and with a young son to care for. Keith was initially interned at Berhala Island near Sandakan, North Borneo (today's Sabah) but spent most of her captivity at Batu Lintang camp at Kuching, Sarawak. The camp was liberated in September 1945.
Plot
American-born Agnes Keith and her British husband Harry Keith live a comfortable colonial life in North Borneo with their young son George in the 1930s. Keith is the only American in Sandakan.
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author | Nunnally Johnson |
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director | Jean Negulesco |
editor | Dorothy Spencer |
events | Pacific War World War II |
genre | drama |
keywords | abandon attempted rape beat colonel suga cry eat end fence hiroshima imperial japan japanese army japanese soldier kill surrender surrender of japan tatsuji suga wash |
musicBy | Hugo Friedhofer |
producer | Nunnally Johnson |
theme | war women in prison |