The Secret of Blood Island(1964)

movie - first aired/released 1964-12-01 - 84 min - audience 9.0

Drama, War, Action

Directed by Quentin Lawrence

Based on the true story of a British secret agent, shot down over Malaya near to a Allied POW forced labour camp. There she is hidden, disguised as a youthful prisoner, until her escape can be effected. The costs of keeping her identity secret fall on all the POW's as the Japanese embark on a policy of ruthless terror to extract her and the focus shifts to the conflicts of the group' s collective concerns against the necessities of personal survival.