While filming for the concentration camp scenes, Colbert did not apply any makeup. This was the first American film in which Hayakawa spoke his native Japanese language. Another scene, showing Colbert's character conversing with a Japanese prison guard was also excised. However, during the final editing process, this particular scene was removed. After principal photography was complete, Colbert told Negulesco "You know I'm not given to exaggeration so I hope you believe me when I say that working with you has been the most stimulating and happiest experience of my entire career." She had broken her back while shooting for one of the violent scenes. A second unit filmed locations in Borneo for four weeks. Shooting started on and finished on June 26. Kermit Whitfield made his acting debut in the role of a lieutenant commander. This was her first co-starring with Colbert. Florence Desmond was filming in Las Vegas when the production company asked her to audition for her role. Lionel Newman was the film's music director. Musical score was composed by Hugo Friedhofer. Krasner provided cinematography for the film. Nunnally Johnson wrote the screenplay and produced the film. Olivia de Havilland was being considered for the lead role. In March 1949, Showmen's Trade Review reported that Negulesco's contract with 20th Century Fox had been extended for one year and that he would direct the film. The women prisoners were portrayed by Drue Mallory, Carol Savage, Virginia Kelley, Mimi Heyworth and Helen Westcott.
Douglas Walton as Australian POW (uncredited).Jerry Fujikawa as Japanese Soldier (uncredited).Claudette Colbert as Agnes Newton Keith.Suga sees George and two other children eating from a paint can, and he invites them into his house, where he serves them a feast and then breaks down crying.Īt the end, Allied troops arrive at the camp abandoned by the Japanese and the Keith family finally reunites.
They used to live in Tokyo but his wife was so fearful that they moved to Hiroshima where she thought they would be safer. Suga that all his family was killed at the end of the war. In September 1945 Japan surrenders and Agnes learns from Col. Eventually she agrees to withdraw her allegation. In great pain she tries to keep her injuries from her fellow captives. Suga is away she is tortured by Nekata's junior officers (after he has left the room, to avoid being a witness to the beating) and threatened with further torture if she says anything to anyone. In an effort to get her to sign the statement while Col.
She refuses to do so as she is aware that to make an unsubstantiated accusation against any Japanese soldier is punishable by death. Nekata insists she identify the assailant by presenting her with a written statement for her to sign. Unfortunately Agnes is not able to identify her assailant as it was too dark. Suga, who asks Lieutenant Nekata to investigate. One night a Japanese guard attacks Agnes in an attempted rape when she runs outside in the night to bring in the washing being blown around in the strong winds. The camp guards are cruel and oppressive, as seen when they shoot down a group of Australian men who try to cross the wire fencing during a bit of flirtation with the women. Agnes signs the book with a personal message. Suga visits Agnes at Batu Lintang camp and asks her to autograph a copy of her book as she had agreed to back in the earlier camp. Suga is fluent in English and has read a book on Borneo written by Mrs. These camps are under the charge of Colonel Suga ( Sessue Hayakawa). Later they are sent to the notorious Batu Lintang camp near Kuching, Sarawak, where the men and women are separated.ĭuring the Japanese invasion of Sandakan, Agnes has a miscarriage. The Imperial Japanese Army invade Borneo and intern the small British community in a camp on Pulau Berhala island off Sandakan. Worried about the rumours surrounding Japanese invasion in 1941, Harry suggests that Agnes move back to the United States along with George. Japan needed an assured supply, particularly of oil, in order to achieve its long-term goal of becoming the major power in the Pacific region. Control of these routes was vital to securing the territory. Keith is the only American in Sandakan.īorneo was strategically important to Japan as it is located on the main sea routes between Java, Sumatra, Malaya and Celebes. American-born Agnes Keith (Colbert) and her British husband Harry Keith ( Patric Knowles) live a comfortable colonial life in North Borneo with their young son George in the 1930s.
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