"When you surrender in war, you're stripped of your dignity as a soldier. And all you've got left is your fellow comra…"

"Ernest Gordon: What is the consequence of a single life weighing less than a feather? What is the final destination o…"

"[examining newly arrived POWs] Relish your health now, gentlemen: it's the last you'll see of it."

"[to new arrivals] Officers, try to keep your shirt *on*. It'll distinguish you from the grunts, which is about the *o…"

"In war, you have to survive."

"In a jungle war of survival, they learned sacrifice. In a prison of brutal confinement, they found true freedom."

"Robert Carlyle - Maj. Ian Campbell"

"Kiefer Sutherland - Lt. Jim Reardon - American Merchant Mariner"

"Ciarán McMenamin - Ernst Gordon"

"Lt. Jim Reardon, Merchant Marine, one of the few Americans in the area, attached himself to the Argyles during the Al…"