Prison Ship (1945)

Overview : Panic arises among Allied POWs aboard a Japanese freighter when they learn that the ship is actually a decoy target for American submarines on night patrol. The prisoners unite and attack their Japanese captors just as an American sub surfaces and, not knowing the prisoners are aboard, prepares to torpedo the ship.

Release Date : November 15, 1945

Runtime : 58m

Genre : Action, War, Drama  

Companies : Columbia Pictures

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : submarine, resistance, prison cell, world war ii, transport of prisoners, decoy, pacific war, pacific theater, retribution, japanese soldier, duplicity, freighter, pow escape, naval warfare, prison brutality, prisoner abuse, military prisoners, prison break attempt