- HD 1080
- Runtime: 250m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Australia
- Director: Chris Noonan, Phillip Noyce
- Stars: Alan David Lee
- Slogan: A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War
- The The Cowra Breakout is featured in the top rankings of 1984
- #63 in Top Action Movies of 1984
- #12 in Top War Movies of 1984
In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.