Discover some of our favorites from the wide range of films the Academy chose to honor with a recap of the big winners at the 2021 Oscars. 'Dutch', who heard it on the prisoner's secret radio receiver (operated by Dutch). Radio spares have arrived, and it is imperative that the Japanese do not repair their radio. Bellamy is questioned and beaten, but does not reveal the news. Bellamy thinks he should go, as he is in better physical condition, despite his beating, not having been a prisoner for three years. In Yamamitsu's office, Beattie pulls the pin out of a grenade, killing Sakamura, Yamamitsu and himself. After menacing him with a machine gun, the Japanese driver (Hammer stalwart Michael Ripper) laughs and offers him a cigarette, telling him that the war is over. The Camp on Blood Island (1958) 15 06/11/1958 (GB) War, Action, Drama, History 1h 21m User Score. Lambert tells the priest he is praying that the pilot died, so that no news reaches the Japanese. Finance was provided as part of a co-production deal with Columbia Pictures and shooting began at Bray Studios on 14 July 1957. Knowing that Yamamitsu, the sadistic commandant, will murder them all when he learns of his country's defeat, Dutch, a Dutch planter, smashes the camp radio. The news of the end of the war is known to Colonel Lambert, and former rubber planter Piet van Elst (Möhner), A.K.A. Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. Near the end of World War II Allied soldiers are held prisoner in a Japanese camp on Blood Island. Size: 2.63 MB. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. and bemoaning the film's advertising.[6]. In 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge. The Japanese radio engineer leaves, presumably to inform his superiors, and Dutch short circuits the radio, despite a Japanese guard sitting down for a smoke outside the door. One of Hammer's most controversial features, Val Guest’s The Camp on Blood Island was a huge box-office hit, despite drawing the wrath of critics who accused the film of sensationalising and exploiting the sufferings of soldiers and civilians imprisoned and abused by the Japanese during the Second World War. This FAQ is empty. My notes on Hammer’s The Secret of Blood Island (aka P.O.W.) The camp is known as “Blood Island” for its inhumane treatment of the prisoners. Not knowing if the escapees have reached the Malay village or not, and forced to assume no help will come, Lambert tells the NCOs to instruct their men to arm themselves in any way possible, but with small weapons. 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