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The Secret of Blood Island (1964)

The Secret of Blood Island poster
Directed by
Quentin Lawrence
Genre
war film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

British soldiers and a female spy are trapped on a Japanese-occupied island during World War Two. They must survive a brutal prisoner of war camp while hiding their true identities.

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What happens

The Secret of Blood Island is a 1965 British war film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Jack Hedley, Barbara Shelley and Patrick Wymark. It was written by John Gilling. The film is a prequel to the 1958 film The Camp on Blood Island. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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