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Hell to Eternity (1960)

2h 11m · 1 Aug 1960

The Marines' Battle Cry of the South Pacific!

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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.

Movie ID130571
GenreDrama, War
DirectorPhil Karlson
Main castJeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Sessue Hayakawa, Vic Damone, George Takei, Reiko Sato, Patricia Owens, Richard Eyer
Release date1 August 1960
Release year1960
LanguageSpanish
Duration131 min (2h 11m)
Rating6.3 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseAllied Artists Pictures

Director: Phil Karlson
Writers: Ted Sherdeman, Walter Roeber Schmidt, Gil Doud

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Jeffrey HunterGuy Gabaldon David JanssenSgt, Bill Hazen Sessue HayakawaGeneral Matsui Vic DamoneCpl. Pete Lewis George TakeiGeorge Une Reiko SatoFamika Patricia OwensSheila Lincoln Richard EyerGuy - as a Boy John LarchCapt. Schwabe Bill WilliamsLeonard Michi KobiSono
George ShibataKaz Une
Richard GardnerPolaski
Miiko TakaEster

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