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The Cowra Breakout

Name: The Cowra Breakout
Released: 1985-04-16
Rating: 7
Cast: Alan David Lee, Tracy Mann, Dennis Miller, Paul Smith

~120 min

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First aired

1985-04-16

Last aired

1985-04-23

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7.0 / 10

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Synopsis and details

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.