Hell to Eternity

Name: Hell to Eternity
Director: Phil Karlson
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1960
Duration: 131 min
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Sessue Hayakawa, Vic Damone, George Takei

19602h 11mdir. Phil Karlsonscreenplay Ted Sherdemanscreenplay Walter Roeber Schmidt

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Overview

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

Jeffrey Hunter David Janssen Sessue Hayakawa Vic Damone George Takei Reiko Sato

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