CinemaOSMovie · 1960 · 2h 11m · NR
Hell to Eternity

The Marines' Battle Cry of the South Pacific!

63%(21)IMDbDramaWar

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.

Directed byPhil Karlson

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 11m
Language
EN
Released
August 1, 1960
Budget
$800,000
Studios
Allied Artists PicturesAtlantic Pictures Corporation

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Hell to Eternity - Trailer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Jeffrey Hunter

Jeffrey Hunter

Guy Gabaldon

David Janssen

David Janssen

Sgt, Bill Hazen

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

General Matsui

Vic Damone

Vic Damone

Cpl. Pete Lewis

George Takei

George Takei

George Une

Reiko Sato

Reiko Sato

Famika

Patricia Owens

Patricia Owens

Sheila Lincoln

Richard Eyer

Richard Eyer

Guy - as a Boy

John Larch

John Larch

Capt. Schwabe

Bill Williams

Bill Williams

Leonard

Creative team
Directed by
Phil Karlson
Phil Karlson
Written by
Walter Roeber Schmidt
Ted Sherdeman
Produced by
Irving H. Levin

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