Karl Malden's first directorial assignment on the themes of "brainwashing" and "collaboration" in Chinese prison camps. Malden's crisp style does not yet have any personal quality. Film is handicapped by unduly melodramatic revelations.

There have been dozens of actors who tried their one-and-done at directing, never again to venture behind the camera. Often lost in the conversation is Karl Malden.

The taut direction, finely tuned philosophical screenplay and crisp performances, make this superior courtroom military film a suspenseful and cerebral one."

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