The Railway Man
Summary: A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Director:
Jonathan Teplitzky
Runtime: 1 h 56 min
MPAA: R
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 18,000,000
Domestic: $ 4,438,438
International: $ 19,736,447
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