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Hell to Eternity

(1960)

August 1, 1960• 2h 11m
64%
TMDB Score

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.

Phil Karlson

Director

Top Billed Cast

JH

Jeffrey Hunter

Guy Gabaldon

DJ

David Janssen

Sgt, Bill Hazen

SH

Sessue Hayakawa

General Matsui

VD

Vic Damone

Cpl. Pete Lewis

GT

George Takei

George Une

RS

Reiko Sato

Famika

PO

Patricia Owens

Sheila Lincoln

RE

Richard Eyer

Guy - as a Boy

JL

John Larch

Capt. Schwabe

BW

Bill Williams

Leonard

Official Trailer