The Cowra Breakout(1985)
First Air Date: 1985-04-16
Average Runtime: 2h 0m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 4E01
Episode One
Air Date: 1985-04-16
Corporal Stan Davidson (Alan David Lee) is still recovering from his war injury when he’s posted to the prisoner of w...
E02
Episode Two
Air Date: 1985-04-17
At the Cowra POW camp, another 100 Japanese prisoners have arrived and pour scorn on their compatriots for having acc...
E03
Episode Three
Air Date: 1985-04-22
Stan has been placed in charge of security in the Japanese compound. His friend, Hayashi (Junichi Ishada) begs him to...
E04
Episode 4
Air Date: 1985-04-23
No episode overview available.
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