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Battlebox

With a sudden attack by the Japanese, British Major-General Maltby and his top officers struggle with the decision to either fight to the death or offer a humiliating surrender of the British Colony of Hong Kong.

Director

Craig McCourry

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drama, history, war

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Major-General Maltby

Yu Siu Fong

George Armstrong

Charles Fisher

Yu Mei Fong

Mr. Chow

Anthony Yui-Keung Chan

Jai Adarsh

Inderjeet Singh

Hari Doshi

Rajput Soldier

British Soldier

Patrick Brousseau

Pearl Club customer

Bowie Wing Wai Chan

Japanese Soldier

Courtesan

Pius

Pearl Club Customer

Courtesan

Rajput Soldier

Courtesan Si Si

Signals Officer

British Officer Jim

Phone Operator

Pearl Club Customer

War room staff

Japanese Officer

Mama san

Japanese Soldier

Captain Singh

Courtesan

Japanese Soldier

Jean Chang Jenson Lee

Li Min

Courtesan Li Min

British Soldier

Japanese Soldier

Courtesan

Courtesan

British Officer

Pearl Club Customer

Iwan Wai Fung Mok

Villager

Japanese Soldier

Rajput Soldier

British Soldier

Benjamin L. O'Neill

British Soldier

British Soldier

British Soldier

Colonel Stewart

Reyansh

British Officer

Gordon Struthers

Japanese Soldier

Pearl Club Customer

Chinese Girl

British Soldier

Lady Rose

British Soldier

British Soldier

Michael Worboys

Japanese Soldier

Chinese Man

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Being here makes me
forget the world's problems. - Battlebox

Being here makes me forget the world's problems.

But I really should have left Hong Kong. - Battlebox

But I really should have left Hong Kong.

This is my only escape now. - Battlebox

This is my only escape now.

The latest fashions
from Paris and New York. - Battlebox

The latest fashions from Paris and New York.

Well, thank goodness mother
isn't alive to see you here, - Battlebox

Well, thank goodness mother isn't alive to see you here...

Well, our mother wasn't
as tightly wound up as you. - Battlebox

Well, our mother wasn't as tightly wound up as you.

Mr. Chow, he's one of the
richest bachelors in Hong Kong. - Battlebox

Mr. Chow, he's one of the richest bachelors in Hong Kon...

Seriously sister, you need to get
out more often, expand your horizons. - Battlebox

Seriously sister, you need to get out more often, expand you...

Any young men in uniform
caught your fancy yet? - Battlebox

Any young men in uniform caught your fancy yet?

The village girl look comes
across a bit old-fashioned. - Battlebox

The village girl look comes across a bit old-fashioned.

With food prices rising so fast,
it would soon have been stolen. - Battlebox

With food prices rising so fast, it would soon have been sto...

You have been taking care of
that cow for the past two years, - Battlebox

You have been taking care of that cow for the past two years...

Alright - Battlebox

Oh, hopefully we won't see any of those. - Battlebox

Oh, hopefully we won't see any of those.

With the Gin Drinkers Line
broken, we're going to have to shore - Battlebox

With the Gin Drinkers Line broken, we're going to have ...

If the Japanese occupy the Kowloon shore, - Battlebox

If the Japanese occupy the Kowloon shore,

But my instinct tells me
the Japanese will try to - Battlebox

But my instinct tells me the Japanese will try to

But in addition to looking
at the historical context, - Battlebox

But in addition to looking at the historical context,

If I were an admiral in the Japanese Navy, - Battlebox

If I were an admiral in the Japanese Navy,

They're going to need
a good base in this area - Battlebox

They're going to need a good base in this area

Well, that's a major reason why we would be
blowing up much of the port facilities. - Battlebox

Well, that's a major reason why we would be blowing up ...

Regardless, It's the Japanese Army
that's currently conducting the fight. - Battlebox

Regardless, It's the Japanese Army that's currentl...

Charles, I understand your knowledge
of the Japanese is second to none. - Battlebox

Charles, I understand your knowledge of the Japanese is seco...

Charles, the Japanese
have proven to be - Battlebox

Charles, the Japanese have proven to be

Again and again, they've shown they prefer
to use the sledgehammer to the scalpel. - Battlebox

Again and again, they've shown they prefer to use the s...

We can't adapt our entire
Japanese strategy because of - Battlebox

We can't adapt our entire Japanese strategy because of

That operation was led
by the Japanese Navy, - Battlebox

That operation was led by the Japanese Navy,

Sir, the Japanese have sunk
HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales. - Battlebox

Sir, the Japanese have sunk HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wa...

Aye, sir. We just received
word from Singapore, - Battlebox

Aye, sir. We just received word from Singapore,

If an aircraft can sink a top
of the line British battleship, - Battlebox

If an aircraft can sink a top of the line British battleship...

Without those ships, how are
we going to resupply from the sea? - Battlebox

Without those ships, how are we going to resupply from the s...

The land battle, - Battlebox

The land battle,

We need to be careful how this
news is released to the public. - Battlebox

We need to be careful how this news is released to the publi...

The last thing we want
is panic in the streets. - Battlebox

The last thing we want is panic in the streets.

I want you to tell Governor Young, - Battlebox

I want you to tell Governor Young,

Charles, we're going
to need an up-to-date - Battlebox

Charles, we're going to need an up-to-date

We're gonna have to make some painful
calculations on how long we can hold out here. - Battlebox

We're gonna have to make some painful calculations on h...

I didn't mean that
silly, not from the club. - Battlebox

I didn't mean that silly, not from the club.

I was thinking of maybe
someone from the village. - Battlebox

I was thinking of maybe someone from the village.

Goodness, - Battlebox

Well, men they often go astray. - Battlebox

Well, men they often go astray.

That man from the club, that Mr Chow. - Battlebox

That man from the club, that Mr Chow.

You really have an overactive imagination, - Battlebox

You really have an overactive imagination,

He is a Japanese collaborator, get it,
and you're sleeping with the enemy! - Battlebox

He is a Japanese collaborator, get it, and you're sleep...

Opium, prostitution,
that club has a reputation. - Battlebox

Opium, prostitution, that club has a reputation.

My fucking job allows you for
your holier-than-thou lifestyle. - Battlebox

My fucking job allows you for your holier-than-thou lifestyl...

We are surrounded by the
water, the sea just like England. - Battlebox

We are surrounded by the water, the sea just like England.

If the Germans failed to invade Britain, - Battlebox

If the Germans failed to invade Britain,

We are just a couple of Eurasian kids
stuck in the middle of nowhere. - Battlebox

We are just a couple of Eurasian kids stuck in the middle of...

According to this communication
we received four days ago. - Battlebox

According to this communication we received four days ago.

There are 50,000 KMT troops heading
directly for us across the Canton Province. - Battlebox

There are 50,000 KMT troops heading directly for us across t...

Really smash up the rear
guard of the Japanese forces, - Battlebox

Really smash up the rear guard of the Japanese forces,

We have agents all over Canton Province, - Battlebox

We have agents all over Canton Province,

Then the Gin Drinkers Line fails, - Battlebox

Then the Gin Drinkers Line fails,

I'm only saying this
message makes no sense. - Battlebox

I'm only saying this message makes no sense.

I would estimate if
the information is true, - Battlebox

I would estimate if the information is true,

Get an urgent word out to Chiang Kai-shek
on the urgent need for his troops. - Battlebox

Get an urgent word out to Chiang Kai-shek on the urgent need...

Surely, he'll understand
the importance of - Battlebox

Surely, he'll understand the importance of

General, I would caution, - Battlebox

General, I would caution,

The KMT's imminent arrival has
boosted morale here in Hong Kong. - Battlebox

The KMT's imminent arrival has boosted morale here in H...

If the news turns out to be false, - Battlebox

If the news turns out to be false,

Negligent discharge. Sepoy
Ghulam Rasul is shot in the stomach. - Battlebox

Negligent discharge. Sepoy Ghulam Rasul is shot in the stoma...

You would not ask me to calm if
it was one of the British soldiers. - Battlebox

You would not ask me to calm if it was one of the British so...

I know when we are retreating from Kowloon, - Battlebox

I know when we are retreating from Kowloon,

You'll get the Scots out first, and we
are going to be the cannon fodder again. - Battlebox

You'll get the Scots out first, and we are going to be ...

Where would I go? Singapore, Manila? - Battlebox

Where would I go? Singapore, Manila?

At times of War, - Battlebox

At times of War,

Be careful cooking the opium tonight.
It's getting very expensive. - Battlebox

Be careful cooking the opium tonight. It's getting very...

Even the more experienced smugglers are
having problems bringing opium into the city. - Battlebox

Even the more experienced smugglers are having problems brin...

With all the fighting going on,
I suppose, our business will go down. - Battlebox

With all the fighting going on, I suppose, our business will...

Opium, our clients need their daily fix. - Battlebox

Opium, our clients need their daily fix.

You know before working at the Pearl Club,
I used to work at a club in Canton. - Battlebox

You know before working at the Pearl Club, I used to work at...

Mostly Japanese customers,
wealthy merchants, top brass. - Battlebox

Mostly Japanese customers, wealthy merchants, top brass.

Yeah, always try to avoid those guys. - Battlebox

Yeah, always try to avoid those guys.

I noticed you are spending
a lot of time with Mr. Chow. - Battlebox

I noticed you are spending a lot of time with Mr. Chow.

I noticed he was at the
Canton Club a few times. - Battlebox

I noticed he was at the Canton Club a few times.

Yes, he smuggled goods throughout
all of China, even to the Japanese. - Battlebox

Yes, he smuggled goods throughout all of China, even to the ...

Yeah, well, they were mostly military
officials and they paid for everything, - Battlebox

Yeah, well, they were mostly military officials and they pai...

Mostly the wealthy merchants who hosted
the Japanese to gain favorites and such. - Battlebox

Mostly the wealthy merchants who hosted the Japanese to gain...

The Japanese treated
Mr. Chow, very, very well. - Battlebox

The Japanese treated Mr. Chow, very, very well.

The tricky men can seem the most kind - Battlebox

The tricky men can seem the most kind

His wife died in a bombing
in Shanghai a few years ago. - Battlebox

His wife died in a bombing in Shanghai a few years ago.

But at least that's what I heard
from one of the girls at the club. - Battlebox

But at least that's what I heard from one of the girls ...

It's hard to know who
is fighting who in China. - Battlebox

It's hard to know who is fighting who in China.

Japanese, KMT, Triads, - Battlebox

Japanese, KMT, Triads,

I suppose, - Battlebox

We are all slaves to it. - Battlebox

We are all slaves to it.

Some of them may not
received orders to fall - Battlebox

Some of them may not received orders to fall

If they didn't make it back, - Battlebox

If they didn't make it back,

Did you break security protocol and reveal
anything to your sister about Mr. Chow? - Battlebox

Did you break security protocol and reveal anything to your ...

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With a sudden attack by the Japanese, British Major-General Maltby and his top officers struggle with the decision to either fight to the death or offer a humiliating surrender of the British Colony of Hong Kong.

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Director: Craig McCourry

Writer: Craig McCourry

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, history, war

Year: 2023

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Released: 04 Jan 2023

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