Prison Ship (1945 film)

Prison Ship is a 1945 American war drama film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Nina Foch, Robert Lowery and Richard Loo. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Set during Pacific Campaign during World War II it was released several months after VJ Day ended the conflict.

Synopsis
A Japanese tanker carrying Allied prisoners from a Pacific island to Japan is used as a decoy to draw the attention of American submarines and lure them to their destruction. The captives launch a failed attempt to takeover the ship and in retaliation the captain orders the shooting of woman and children. Anne Graham, a British journalist, and Tom Jeffries manage to make contact with a nearby American submarine which attacks the ship and rescue the surviving passengers.

Cast

 * Nina Foch as 	Anne Graham
 * Robert Lowery as 	Tom Jeffries
 * Richard Loo as 	Capt. Osikawa
 * Ludwig Donath as 	Professor
 * Mark Roberts as 	Maj. Trevor
 * Barry Bernard as Jim Priestley
 * Erik Rolf as 	Jan Van Steen
 * David Hillary Hughes as Steve Huntley
 * Louis Mercier as 	Pierre 'Frenchie' Le Blon
 * Moy Ming as 	Chan Kwan
 * Barbara Pepper as Winnie De Voe
 * Tom Dillon as 	Submarine Captain
 * Gene Garrick as U.S. Submarine Officer
 * Robert B. Williams as 	Prisoner
 * Jessie Arnold as 	Prisoner
 * Blandine Ebinger as 	Prisoner