Three Came Home

Three Came Home

The true story of one woman's personal experience!

NR 1950 · 106 min · ★ 6.7 · War, Drama

Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and imprisoned with her son in a prison camp run by the enigmatic Colonel Suga.

Directed by Jean Negulesco · Written by Nunnally Johnson

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