Description

Three Came Home (1950 in film) is a post-war film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, based on the memoirs of the same name by writer Agnes Newton Keith. It depicts Keith’s life in North Borneo in the period immediately before the Battle of Borneo (1941-42) in 1942, and her subsequent internment and suffering, separated from her husband Harry Keith, and with a young son to care for. Keith was initially interned at Berhala Island, Sabah near Sandakan, North Borneo (today’s Sabah) but spent most of her captivity at Batu Lintang camp at Kuching, Sarawak. The camp was liberated in September 1945.

Adapted and produced by Nunnally Johnson, directed by Jean Negulesco, the film starred Claudette Colbert in the lead role.

The film is now in the public domain and so is available to watch in its entirety online at no charge.

Cast

• Claudette Colbert … Agnes Newton Keith
• Patric Knowles … Harry Keith
• Florence Desmond … Betty Sommers
• Sessue Hayakawa … Tatsuji Suga
• Sylvia Andrew … Henrietta
• Mark Keuning … George Keith
• Phyllis Morris … Sister Rose