---
title: 'Three Came Home (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean Negulesco'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/three-came-home-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043041/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Three Came Home (1950)

1950 · 106 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

Three Came Home is a 1950 American World War II film directed by Jean Negulesco, 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 Japanese invasion in 1942, and her subsequent internment and suffering, separated from her husband Harry, and with a young son to care for. Keith was initially interned at Berhala Island near Sandakan, North Borneo but spent most of her captivity at Batu Lintang camp at Kuching, Sarawak. The camp was liberated in September 1945.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean Negulesco](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-negulesco)
- **Screenplay:** [Nunnally Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunnally-johnson)
- **Producer:** [Nunnally Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunnally-johnson), [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Friedhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-friedhofer)
- **Director of Photography:** [William H. Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-daniels), [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [Dorothy Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-spencer)

## Cast

- [Claudette Colbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudette-colbert)
- [Patric Knowles](https://cinepixo.com/people/patric-knowles)
- [Douglas Walton](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-walton)
- [Helen Westcott](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-westcott)
- [Patrick O'Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-o-moore)
- [Florence Desmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-desmond)
- [Sessue Hayakawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/sessue-hayakawa)
- [Leonard Willey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-willey)
- [Phyllis Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/phyllis-morris)

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