Hell to Eternity

08/01/1960

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2hrs 11min

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Drama

,War

The Marines' Battle Cry of the South Pacific!

STORY

Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jeffrey Hunter
  • David Janssen
  • Sessue Hayakawa
  • Vic Damone
  • George Takei

    Director

  • Phil Karlson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Allied Artists Pictures
  • Atlantic Pictures Corporation

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish
  • English
  • Japanese

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