The Rack

Year: 1956

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: English

Director: Arnold Laven

DramaWarWar and historical adventureMilitary combat and heroic soldiersPolitics propaganda and political documentaries

Paul Newman shines in his role as Army Captain Edward Hall, who returns to America after two years in a Korean War prison camp. There he was forced to help the Chinese persuade fellow POWs that their cause was unjust. Back home, Hall is charged with enemy collaboration, forcing him to confront the limits of loyalty in the camp’s nightmare.

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